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authorJohn Terpstra <jht@samba.org>2005-07-08 10:16:53 +0000
committerGerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org>2008-04-23 08:47:04 -0500
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<synonym>create mode</synonym>
<description>
- <para>When a file 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 file. Any bit <emphasis>not</emphasis>
- set here will be removed from the modes set on a file when it is
- created.</para>
+ <para>
+ When a file 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 file. Any bit <emphasis>not</emphasis> set here will
+ be removed from the modes set on a file when it is created.
+ </para>
- <para>The default value of this parameter removes the
- 'group' and 'other' write and execute bits from the UNIX modes.</para>
+ <para>
+ The default value of this parameter removes the <literal>group</literal> and <literal>other</literal>
+ write and execute bits from the UNIX modes.
+ </para>
- <para>Following this Samba will bit-wise 'OR' the UNIX mode created
- from this parameter with the value of the <smbconfoption name="force create mode"/>
- parameter which is set to 000 by default.</para>
+ <para>
+ Following this Samba will bit-wise 'OR' the UNIX mode created from this parameter with the value of the
+ <smbconfoption name="force create mode"/> parameter which is set to 000 by default.
+ </para>
- <para>This parameter does not affect directory modes. See the
- parameter <smbconfoption name="directory mode"/> for details.</para>
+ <para>
+ This parameter does not affect directory masks. See the parameter <smbconfoption name="directory mask"/>
+ for details.
+ </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="security mask"/>.</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="security mask"/>.
+ </para>
</description>
<related>force create mode</related>