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| author | Alexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org> | 2003-03-27 15:27:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Alexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org> | 2003-03-27 15:27:19 +0000 |
| commit | 5cd3d3f14ef56ff5f1d92aba0174649f3d368f66 (patch) | |
| tree | 7982c107cb4ecf2b739dd0d21b591aca20e9b19a /docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/inheritpermissions.xml | |
| parent | 7c6a4de6f97287e43405b66baa81aa328315de7c (diff) | |
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Add new framework for smb.conf(5). Please read README before trying to compile.
I will commit more meta-information updates during week-end.
(This used to be commit 8d684dffab6a90b3d612a1aa2b2c457a2bc2e6ac)
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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/inheritpermissions.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/inheritpermissions.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..34fade33d0 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/security/inheritpermissions.xml @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +<samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> + <term><anchor id="INHERITPERMISSIONS"/>inherit permissions (S)</term> + <listitem><para>The permissions on new files and directories + are normally governed by <link linkend="CREATEMASK"><parameter moreinfo="none"> + create mask</parameter></link>, <link linkend="DIRECTORYMASK"> + <parameter moreinfo="none">directory mask</parameter></link>, <link linkend="FORCECREATEMODE"><parameter moreinfo="none">force create mode</parameter> + </link> and <link linkend="FORCEDIRECTORYMODE"><parameter moreinfo="none">force + directory mode</parameter></link> but the boolean inherit + permissions parameter overrides this.</para> + + <para>New directories inherit the mode of the parent directory, + including bits such as setgid.</para> + + <para>New files inherit their read/write bits from the parent + directory. Their execute bits continue to be determined by + <link linkend="MAPARCHIVE"><parameter moreinfo="none">map archive</parameter> + </link>, <link linkend="MAPHIDDEN"><parameter moreinfo="none">map hidden</parameter> + </link> and <link linkend="MAPSYSTEM"><parameter moreinfo="none">map system</parameter> + </link> as usual.</para> + + <para>Note that the setuid bit is <emphasis>never</emphasis> set via + inheritance (the code explicitly prohibits this).</para> + + <para>This can be particularly useful on large systems with + many users, perhaps several thousand, to allow a single [homes] + share to be used flexibly by each user.</para> + + <para>See also <link linkend="CREATEMASK"><parameter moreinfo="none">create mask + </parameter></link>, <link linkend="DIRECTORYMASK"><parameter moreinfo="none"> + directory mask</parameter></link>, <link linkend="FORCECREATEMODE"> + <parameter moreinfo="none">force create mode</parameter></link> and <link linkend="FORCEDIRECTORYMODE"><parameter moreinfo="none">force directory mode</parameter> + </link>.</para> + + <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">inherit permissions = no</command></para> + </listitem> + </samba:parameter> |