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authorSimo Sorce <idra@samba.org>2007-08-23 20:43:59 +0000
committerGerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org>2008-04-23 08:47:36 -0500
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Explain better what happens when you set to 0 these bits.
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type="string"
xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
<description>
- <para>This parameter controls what UNIX permission bits
- can be set when a Windows NT client is manipulating the UNIX
- permission on a directory using the native NT security dialog
+ <para>This parameter controls what UNIX permission bits
+ will be set when a Windows NT client is manipulating the UNIX
+ permission on a directory using the native NT security dialog
box.</para>
<para>
- This parameter is applied as a mask (AND'ed with) to the incoming permission bits, thus preventing any bits not
- in this mask from being set. Make sure not to mix up this parameter with <smbconfoption name="force
+ This parameter is applied as a mask (AND'ed with) to the incoming permission bits, thus resetting
+ any bits not in this mask. Make sure not to mix up this parameter with <smbconfoption name="force
directory security mode"/>, which works similar like this one but uses logical OR instead of AND.
Essentially, zero bits in this mask are a set of bits that will always be set to zero.
</para>
+ <para>
+ Essentially, all bits set to zero in this mask will result in setting to zero the corresponding bits on the
+ file permissions regardless of the previous status of this bits on the file.
+ </para>
+
<para>If not set explicitly this parameter is set to 0777
meaning a user is allowed to set all the user/group/world
permissions on a directory.</para>