Hello all, I've set up a samba 3.0.14a on debian with kernel 2.6.5 with ext3 and acl support. Samba is running as a simple PDC just to share efficiently and to manage permissions on shares. My problem is really simple : How to force file creation mode to rwxr-x--- (0640) and directory creation mode to rwxr-x--- (0750) for all users of the same group ? I've set a lot of parameters to manage this but result is always the same : files are created with rwxrwx--- permissions directories are created with rwxrwxr-x permissions Notice : Files and directories are created from an XP pro box the root share : # getfacl /share user::rwx group::r-x other::r-x default:user::rwx default:group::r-x default:other::r-x From windows as Administrator, I created a dedicated directory for group RD and give to it full control (with security panel): # getfacl /share/RD user::rwx group::r-x group:RD:rwx mask::rwx other::--- default:user::rwx default:group::r-x default:group:RD:rwx default:mask::rwx default:other::--- Then from windows as an RD member, if I create a file or a directory in RD directory, the group flag "w" is set... I don't want it. My configuration : [share] hide dot files = yes writable = yes path = /share public = no force create mask = 0640 force directory mask = 0750 directory security mask = 0775 security mask = 0774 valid users = %U admin users = Administrator root vfs object = recycle:recycle recycle:repository = .deleted recycle:keeptree = yes recycle:touch = yes recycle:versions = yes nt acl support = yes ; inherit acls = yes (should I uncomment it ? I've tried but doesn't change anything) oplocks = no level2 oplocks = no locking = yes blocking locks = yes Thx for help, I'm becoming crazy. Max