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| author | Gerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2008-04-22 10:09:40 -0500 |
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| committer | Gerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2008-04-23 08:47:48 -0500 |
| commit | 8f8a9f01909ba29e2b781310baeeaaddc3f15f0d (patch) | |
| tree | 90c6b720ad3a7bc815245c0ef28820424f89d658 /docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/directorymask.xml | |
| parent | 197238246389c40edc60c6630d18d6913086e630 (diff) | |
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Moving docs tree to docs-xml to make room for generated docs in the release tarball.
(This used to be commit 9f672c26d63955f613088489c6efbdc08b5b2d14)
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diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/directorymask.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/directorymask.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7b67f79214 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/directorymask.xml @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +<samba:parameter name="directory mask" + context="S" + type="string" + xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> +<synonym>directory mode</synonym> +<description> + <para>This parameter is the octal modes which are + used when converting DOS modes to UNIX modes when creating UNIX + directories.</para> + + <para>When a directory is created, the necessary permissions are + calculated according to the mapping from DOS modes to UNIX permissions, + and the resulting UNIX mode is then bit-wise 'AND'ed with this + parameter. This parameter may be thought of as a bit-wise MASK for + the UNIX modes of a directory. Any bit <emphasis>not</emphasis> set + here will be removed from the modes set on a directory when it is + created.</para> + + <para>The default value of this parameter removes the 'group' + and 'other' write bits from the UNIX mode, allowing only the + user who owns the directory to modify it.</para> + + <para>Following this Samba will bit-wise 'OR' the UNIX mode + created from this parameter with the value of the <smbconfoption name="force directory mode"/> parameter. + This parameter is set to 000 by default (i.e. no extra mode bits are added).</para> + + <para>Note that this parameter does not apply to permissions + set by Windows NT/2000 ACL editors. If the administrator wishes to enforce + a mask on access control lists also, they need to set the <smbconfoption name="directory security mask"/>.</para> +</description> + +<related>force directory mode</related> +<related>create mask</related> +<related>directory security mask</related> +<related>inherit permissions</related> +<value type="default">0755</value> +<value type="example">0775</value> +</samba:parameter> |