> Hi, > > I have read through this thread because I am also trying to achieve > what Ryan describes below: > > I guess I should have probably left those mask parameters out of my > example. All I want to happen is if I have a folder which is 0777, and > a file is created in it, it is also 0777. If the folder is 0744, so > are created files. If I set force create mode = 0755, all files > everywhere are created like that. If I have a folder that is 0700, > inherit permissions = yes, and force create mode = 0755, the files > created in the folder are 0755, whereas I want them to be 0700. Maybe > I'm just confusing myself :) Thanks again for all the help! > > So far I have been unsuccessful. I read the smb.conf man page, which > is where I got the idea that "inherit permissions = yes" was what I > needed to achieve the above. However it does not. > > I don't want to use "force create mode = yes" for the same reason as > Ryan mentioned. > > Your help/thoughts would be greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, > Ian >