I have two directories that look the same but when a user edits a document belonging to another user in one of them it sets the read-only flag. In the other it does not. I have the following in the main part of my smb.conf and in the share create mode = 660 force create mode = 660 directory mode = 770 read only = no Directory one has the following Unix and ACL permissions drwxrwx---+ 2 rwallis TS_quality 4096 Dec 13 12:21 Processor # file: Processor # owner: rwallis # group: TS_quality user::rwx user:rwallis:rwx group::rwx group:AD_Domain_Users:r-x group:TS_quality:rwx mask::rwx other::--- default:user::rwx default:group::rwx default:group:AD_Domain_Users:r-x default:group:TS_quality:rwx default:mask::rwx default:other::--- if I (rmortimer member of TS_quality) edit a file it goes from -rwxrwx---+ 1 rwallis TS_main 30208 Dec 13 08:54 TP934_DVT1.doc # file: TP934_DVT1.doc # owner: rwallis # group: TS_main user::rwx user:rwallis:rwx group::rwx group:AD_Domain_Users:r-x group:TS_quality:rwx mask::rwx other::--- to -rwxrwx---+ 1 rmortimer TS_main 30208 Dec 13 12:33 TP934_DVT1.doc # file: TP934_DVT1.doc # owner: rmortimer # group: TS_main user::rwx user:rwallis:rwx group::rwx group:AD_Domain_Users:r-x group:TS_quality:rwx mask::rwx other::--- Directory TWO has the following Unix and ACL permissions drwxrwx---+ 2 rwallis TS_quality 4096 Dec 13 12:21 Systems # file: Systems # owner: rwallis # group: TS_quality user::rwx user:rwallis:rwx group::rwx group:AD_Domain_Users:r-x group:TS_quality:rwx mask::rwx other::--- default:user::rwx default:group::rwx default:group:AD_Domain_Users:r-x default:group:TS_quality:rwx default:mask::rwx default:other::--- When I edit the following file -rwxrwx---+ 1 rwallis TS_quality 12800 Oct 26 1998 Tp3802.doc # file: Tp3802.doc # owner: rwallis # group: TS_quality user::rwx user:rwallis:rwx group::rwx group:AD_Domain_Users:r-x group:TS_quality:rwx mask::rwx other::--- I end up with -r--rwx---+ 1 rmortimer TS_main 24064 Dec 13 12:44 Tp3802.doc # file: Tp3802.doc # owner: rmortimer # group: TS_main user::r-- user:rwallis:rwx group::--- group:AD_Domain_Users:r-x group:TS_quality:rwx mask::rwx other::--- As you can see this is flagged as read only (user = r--) Both these directories are on the same share Samaba is samba-common-3.0.23c-4 samba-swat-3.0.23c-4 samba-client-3.0.23c-4 samba-debuginfo-3.0.23c-4 samba-doc-3.0.23c-4 samba-3.0.23c-4 (from official source RPM) Any pointers?