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| author | Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> | 2004-04-07 10:15:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2008-04-23 08:45:43 -0500 |
| commit | 992f1e6b8f86b346fddd266b04d29cde69585633 (patch) | |
| tree | 878573999a6831aa14cd6b8072263eb5d5910aa4 /docs/smbdotconf/security/inheritpermissions.xml | |
| parent | 65c0fd59203a3d9c4cb685e3a739f29f6f0c4fd6 (diff) | |
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Add all the source files from the old CVS tree,
add the 5 missing chapters from the HOWTO
and add jht's Samba by Example book.
(This used to be commit 9fb5bcb93e57c5162b3ee6f9c7d777dc0269d100)
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diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/security/inheritpermissions.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/security/inheritpermissions.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d684ea2673 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/smbdotconf/security/inheritpermissions.xml @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +<samba:parameter name="inherit permissions" + context="S" + type="boolean" + xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> +<description> + <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> +</description> + +<related>create mask</related> +<related>directory mask</related> +<related>force create mode</related> +<related>force directory mode</related> + +<value type="default">no</value> +</samba:parameter> |