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UNIX Permission Bits and Windows NT Access Control Lists</H1 -><DIV -CLASS="TOC" -><DL -><DT -><B ->Table of Contents</B -></DT -><DT ->11.1. <A -HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1533" ->Viewing and changing UNIX permissions using the NT - security dialogs</A -></DT -><DT ->11.2. <A -HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1539" ->How to view file security on a Samba share</A -></DT -><DT ->11.3. <A -HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1550" ->Viewing file ownership</A -></DT -><DT ->11.4. <A -HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1570" ->Viewing file or directory permissions</A -></DT -><DD -><DL -><DT ->11.4.1. <A -HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1585" ->File Permissions</A -></DT -><DT ->11.4.2. <A -HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1599" ->Directory Permissions</A -></DT -></DL -></DD -><DT ->11.5. <A -HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1606" ->Modifying file or directory permissions</A -></DT -><DT ->11.6. <A -HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1628" ->Interaction with the standard Samba create mask - parameters</A -></DT -><DT ->11.7. <A -HREF="unix-permissions.html#AEN1681" ->Interaction with the standard Samba file attribute - mapping</A -></DT -></DL -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN1533" ->11.1. 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Configuring Group Mapping"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 11. UNIX Permission Bits and Windows NT Access Control Lists</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="passdb.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part III. Advanced Configuration</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="groupmapping.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title"><a name="unix-permissions"></a>Chapter 11. UNIX Permission Bits and Windows NT Access Control Lists</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author">Jeremy Allison</h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt><<a href="mailto:jra@samba.org">jra@samba.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">12 Apr 1999</p></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="unix-permissions.html#id2881950">Viewing and changing UNIX permissions using the NT + security dialogs</a></dt><dt><a href="unix-permissions.html#id2881832">How to view file security on a Samba share</a></dt><dt><a href="unix-permissions.html#id2885176">Viewing file ownership</a></dt><dt><a href="unix-permissions.html#id2885297">Viewing file or directory permissions</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="unix-permissions.html#id2885379">File Permissions</a></dt><dt><a href="unix-permissions.html#id2885483">Directory Permissions</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="unix-permissions.html#id2885533">Modifying file or directory permissions</a></dt><dt><a href="unix-permissions.html#id2885693">Interaction with the standard Samba create mask + parameters</a></dt><dt><a href="unix-permissions.html#id2886008">Interaction with the standard Samba file attribute + mapping</a></dt></dl></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2881950"></a>Viewing and changing UNIX permissions using the NT + security dialogs</h2></div></div><p>Windows NT clients can use their native security settings + dialog box to view and modify the underlying UNIX permissions.</p><p>Note that this ability is careful not to compromise the security of the UNIX host Samba is running on, and still obeys all the file permission rules that a Samba - administrator can set.</P -><DIV -CLASS="NOTE" -><P -></P -><TABLE -CLASS="NOTE" -WIDTH="100%" -BORDER="0" -><TR -><TD -WIDTH="25" -ALIGN="CENTER" -VALIGN="TOP" -><IMG -SRC="/usr/share/sgml/docbook/stylesheet/dsssl/modular/images/note.gif" -HSPACE="5" -ALT="Note"></TD -><TD -ALIGN="LEFT" -VALIGN="TOP" -><P -> All access to Unix/Linux system file via Samba is controlled at + administrator can set.</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> + All access to Unix/Linux system file via Samba is controlled at the operating system file access control level. When trying to figure out file access problems it is vitally important to identify the identity of the Windows user as it is presented by Samba at the point of file access. This can best be determined from the Samba log files. - </P -></TD -></TR -></TABLE -></DIV -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN1539" ->11.2. How to view file security on a Samba share</A -></H1 -><P ->From an NT4/2000/XP client, single-click with the right + </p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2881832"></a>How to view file security on a Samba share</h2></div></div><p>From an NT4/2000/XP client, single-click with the right mouse button on any file or directory in a Samba mounted drive letter or UNC path. When the menu pops-up, click - on the <SPAN -CLASS="emphasis" -><I -CLASS="EMPHASIS" ->Properties</I -></SPAN -> entry at the bottom of + on the <span class="emphasis"><em>Properties</em></span> entry at the bottom of the menu. This brings up the file properties dialog - box. Click on the tab <SPAN -CLASS="emphasis" -><I -CLASS="EMPHASIS" ->Security</I -></SPAN -> and you - will see three buttons, <SPAN -CLASS="emphasis" -><I -CLASS="EMPHASIS" ->Permissions</I -></SPAN ->, - <SPAN -CLASS="emphasis" -><I -CLASS="EMPHASIS" ->Auditing</I -></SPAN ->, and <SPAN -CLASS="emphasis" -><I -CLASS="EMPHASIS" ->Ownership</I -></SPAN ->. - The <SPAN -CLASS="emphasis" -><I -CLASS="EMPHASIS" ->Auditing</I -></SPAN -> button will cause either - an error message <SPAN -CLASS="ERRORNAME" ->A requested privilege is not held - by the client</SPAN -> to appear if the user is not the + box. Click on the tab <span class="emphasis"><em>Security</em></span> and you + will see three buttons, <span class="emphasis"><em>Permissions</em></span>, + <span class="emphasis"><em>Auditing</em></span>, and <span class="emphasis"><em>Ownership</em></span>. + The <span class="emphasis"><em>Auditing</em></span> button will cause either + an error message A requested privilege is not held + by the client to appear if the user is not the NT Administrator, or a dialog which is intended to allow an Administrator to add auditing requirements to a file if the user is logged on as the NT Administrator. This dialog is non-functional with a Samba share at this time, as the only - useful button, the <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->Add</B -> button will not currently - allow a list of users to be seen.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN1550" ->11.3. Viewing file ownership</A -></H1 -><P ->Clicking on the <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"Ownership"</B -> button + useful button, the <b>Add</b> button will not currently + allow a list of users to be seen.</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2885176"></a>Viewing file ownership</h2></div></div><p>Clicking on the <b>"Ownership"</b> button brings up a dialog box telling you who owns the given file. The - owner name will be of the form :</P -><P -><B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"SERVER\user (Long name)"</B -></P -><P ->Where <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->SERVER</VAR -> is the NetBIOS name of - the Samba server, <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->user</VAR -> is the user name of - the UNIX user who owns the file, and <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->(Long name)</VAR -> + owner name will be of the form :</p><p><b>"SERVER\user (Long name)"</b></p><p>Where <i><tt>SERVER</tt></i> is the NetBIOS name of + the Samba server, <i><tt>user</tt></i> is the user name of + the UNIX user who owns the file, and <i><tt>(Long name)</tt></i> is the descriptive string identifying the user (normally found in the - GECOS field of the UNIX password database). Click on the <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->Close - </B -> button to remove this dialog.</P -><P ->If the parameter <VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->nt acl support</VAR -> - is set to <CODE -CLASS="CONSTANT" ->false</CODE -> then the file owner will - be shown as the NT user <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"Everyone"</B ->.</P -><P ->The <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->Take Ownership</B -> button will not allow + GECOS field of the UNIX password database). Click on the <b>Close + </b> button to remove this dialog.</p><p>If the parameter <i><tt>nt acl support</tt></i> + is set to <tt>false</tt> then the file owner will + be shown as the NT user <b>"Everyone"</b>.</p><p>The <b>Take Ownership</b> button will not allow you to change the ownership of this file to yourself (clicking on it will display a dialog box complaining that the user you are currently logged onto the NT client cannot be found). The reason for this is that changing the ownership of a file is a privileged - operation in UNIX, available only to the <SPAN -CLASS="emphasis" -><I -CLASS="EMPHASIS" ->root</I -></SPAN -> + operation in UNIX, available only to the <span class="emphasis"><em>root</em></span> user. As clicking on this button causes NT to attempt to change the ownership of a file to the current user logged into the NT - client this will not work with Samba at this time.</P -><P ->There is an NT chown command that will work with Samba + client this will not work with Samba at this time.</p><p>There is an NT chown command that will work with Samba and allow a user with Administrator privilege connected to a Samba server as root to change the ownership of files on both a local NTFS filesystem or remote mounted NTFS - or Samba drive. This is available as part of the <SPAN -CLASS="emphasis" -><I -CLASS="EMPHASIS" ->Seclib - </I -></SPAN -> NT security library written by Jeremy Allison of - the Samba Team, available from the main Samba ftp site.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN1570" ->11.4. Viewing file or directory permissions</A -></H1 -><P ->The third button is the <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"Permissions"</B -> + or Samba drive. This is available as part of the <span class="emphasis"><em>Seclib + </em></span> NT security library written by Jeremy Allison of + the Samba Team, available from the main Samba ftp site.</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2885297"></a>Viewing file or directory permissions</h2></div></div><p>The third button is the <b>"Permissions"</b> button. Clicking on this brings up a dialog box that shows both the permissions and the UNIX owner of the file or directory. - The owner is displayed in the form :</P -><P -><B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"SERVER\user (Long name)"</B -></P -><P ->Where <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->SERVER</VAR -> is the NetBIOS name of - the Samba server, <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->user</VAR -> is the user name of - the UNIX user who owns the file, and <VAR -CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ->(Long name)</VAR -> + The owner is displayed in the form :</p><p><b>"SERVER\user (Long name)"</b></p><p>Where <i><tt>SERVER</tt></i> is the NetBIOS name of + the Samba server, <i><tt>user</tt></i> is the user name of + the UNIX user who owns the file, and <i><tt>(Long name)</tt></i> is the descriptive string identifying the user (normally found in the - GECOS field of the UNIX password database).</P -><P ->If the parameter <VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->nt acl support</VAR -> - is set to <CODE -CLASS="CONSTANT" ->false</CODE -> then the file owner will - be shown as the NT user <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"Everyone"</B -> and the - permissions will be shown as NT "Full Control".</P -><P ->The permissions field is displayed differently for files + GECOS field of the UNIX password database).</p><p>If the parameter <i><tt>nt acl support</tt></i> + is set to <tt>false</tt> then the file owner will + be shown as the NT user <b>"Everyone"</b> and the + permissions will be shown as NT "Full Control".</p><p>The permissions field is displayed differently for files and directories, so I'll describe the way file permissions - are displayed first.</P -><DIV -CLASS="SECT2" -><H2 -CLASS="SECT2" -><A -NAME="AEN1585" ->11.4.1. File Permissions</A -></H2 -><P ->The standard UNIX user/group/world triple and - the corresponding "read", "write", "execute" permissions + are displayed first.</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2885379"></a>File Permissions</h3></div></div><p>The standard UNIX user/group/world triple and + the corresponding "read", "write", "execute" permissions triples are mapped by Samba into a three element NT ACL with the 'r', 'w', and 'x' bits mapped into the corresponding NT permissions. The UNIX world permissions are mapped into - the global NT group <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->Everyone</B ->, followed + the global NT group <b>Everyone</b>, followed by the list of permissions allowed for UNIX world. The UNIX owner and group permissions are displayed as an NT - <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->user</B -> icon and an NT <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->local - group</B -> icon respectively followed by the list - of permissions allowed for the UNIX user and group.</P -><P ->As many UNIX permission sets don't map into common - NT names such as <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"read"</B ->, <B -CLASS="COMMAND" -> "change"</B -> or <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"full control"</B -> then - usually the permissions will be prefixed by the words <B -CLASS="COMMAND" -> "Special Access"</B -> in the NT display list.</P -><P ->But what happens if the file has no permissions allowed + <b>user</b> icon and an NT <b>local + group</b> icon respectively followed by the list + of permissions allowed for the UNIX user and group.</p><p>As many UNIX permission sets don't map into common + NT names such as <b>"read"</b>, <b> + "change"</b> or <b>"full control"</b> then + usually the permissions will be prefixed by the words <b> + "Special Access"</b> in the NT display list.</p><p>But what happens if the file has no permissions allowed for a particular UNIX user group or world component ? In order - to allow "no permissions" to be seen and modified then Samba - overloads the NT <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"Take Ownership"</B -> ACL attribute + to allow "no permissions" to be seen and modified then Samba + overloads the NT <b>"Take Ownership"</b> ACL attribute (which has no meaning in UNIX) and reports a component with - no permissions as having the NT <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"O"</B -> bit set. + no permissions as having the NT <b>"O"</b> bit set. This was chosen of course to make it look like a zero, meaning zero permissions. More details on the decision behind this will - be given below.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT2" -><H2 -CLASS="SECT2" -><A -NAME="AEN1599" ->11.4.2. Directory Permissions</A -></H2 -><P ->Directories on an NT NTFS file system have two + be given below.</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2885483"></a>Directory Permissions</h3></div></div><p>Directories on an NT NTFS file system have two different sets of permissions. The first set of permissions is the ACL set on the directory itself, this is usually displayed - in the first set of parentheses in the normal <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"RW"</B -> + in the first set of parentheses in the normal <b>"RW"</b> NT style. This first set of permissions is created by Samba in exactly the same way as normal file permissions are, described - above, and is displayed in the same way.</P -><P ->The second set of directory permissions has no real meaning - in the UNIX permissions world and represents the <B -CLASS="COMMAND" -> "inherited"</B -> permissions that any file created within - this directory would inherit.</P -><P ->Samba synthesises these inherited permissions for NT by + above, and is displayed in the same way.</p><p>The second set of directory permissions has no real meaning + in the UNIX permissions world and represents the <b> + "inherited"</b> permissions that any file created within + this directory would inherit.</p><p>Samba synthesises these inherited permissions for NT by returning as an NT ACL the UNIX permission mode that a new file - created by Samba on this share would receive.</P -></DIV -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN1606" ->11.5. Modifying file or directory permissions</A -></H1 -><P ->Modifying file and directory permissions is as simple + created by Samba on this share would receive.</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2885533"></a>Modifying file or directory permissions</h2></div></div><p>Modifying file and directory permissions is as simple as changing the displayed permissions in the dialog box, and - clicking the <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->OK</B -> button. However, there are + clicking the <b>OK</b> button. However, there are limitations that a user needs to be aware of, and also interactions with the standard Samba permission masks and mapping of DOS - attributes that need to also be taken into account.</P -><P ->If the parameter <VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->nt acl support</VAR -> - is set to <CODE -CLASS="CONSTANT" ->false</CODE -> then any attempt to set - security permissions will fail with an <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"Access Denied" - </B -> message.</P -><P ->The first thing to note is that the <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"Add"</B -> + attributes that need to also be taken into account.</p><p>If the parameter <i><tt>nt acl support</tt></i> + is set to <tt>false</tt> then any attempt to set + security permissions will fail with an <b>"Access Denied" + </b> message.</p><p>The first thing to note is that the <b>"Add"</b> button will not return a list of users in Samba (it will give - an error message of <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"The remote procedure call failed - and did not execute"</B ->). This means that you can only + an error message of <b>"The remote procedure call failed + and did not execute"</b>). This means that you can only manipulate the current user/group/world permissions listed in the dialog box. This actually works quite well as these are the - only permissions that UNIX actually has.</P -><P ->If a permission triple (either user, group, or world) + only permissions that UNIX actually has.</p><p>If a permission triple (either user, group, or world) is removed from the list of permissions in the NT dialog box, - then when the <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"OK"</B -> button is pressed it will - be applied as "no permissions" on the UNIX side. If you then - view the permissions again the "no permissions" entry will appear - as the NT <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"O"</B -> flag, as described above. This + then when the <b>"OK"</b> button is pressed it will + be applied as "no permissions" on the UNIX side. If you then + view the permissions again the "no permissions" entry will appear + as the NT <b>"O"</b> flag, as described above. This allows you to add permissions back to a file or directory once - you have removed them from a triple component.</P -><P ->As UNIX supports only the "r", "w" and "x" bits of - an NT ACL then if other NT security attributes such as "Delete - access" are selected then they will be ignored when applied on - the Samba server.</P -><P ->When setting permissions on a directory the second + you have removed them from a triple component.</p><p>As UNIX supports only the "r", "w" and "x" bits of + an NT ACL then if other NT security attributes such as "Delete + access" are selected then they will be ignored when applied on + the Samba server.</p><p>When setting permissions on a directory the second set of permissions (in the second set of parentheses) is by default applied to all files within that directory. If this - is not what you want you must uncheck the <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"Replace - permissions on existing files"</B -> checkbox in the NT - dialog before clicking <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"OK"</B ->.</P -><P ->If you wish to remove all permissions from a + is not what you want you must uncheck the <b>"Replace + permissions on existing files"</b> checkbox in the NT + dialog before clicking <b>"OK"</b>.</p><p>If you wish to remove all permissions from a user/group/world component then you may either highlight the - component and click the <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"Remove"</B -> button, - or set the component to only have the special <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"Take - Ownership"</B -> permission (displayed as <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"O" - </B ->) highlighted.</P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN1628" ->11.6. Interaction with the standard Samba create mask - parameters</A -></H1 -><P ->There are four parameters + component and click the <b>"Remove"</b> button, + or set the component to only have the special <b>"Take + Ownership"</b> permission (displayed as <b>"O" + </b>) highlighted.</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2885693"></a>Interaction with the standard Samba create mask + parameters</h2></div></div><p>There are four parameters to control interaction with the standard Samba create mask parameters. - These are :</P -><P -><VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->security mask</VAR -></P -><P -><VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->force security mode</VAR -></P -><P -><VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->directory security mask</VAR -></P -><P -><VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->force directory security mode</VAR -></P -><P ->Once a user clicks <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"OK"</B -> to apply the + These are :</p><p><i><tt>security mask</tt></i></p><p><i><tt>force security mode</tt></i></p><p><i><tt>directory security mask</tt></i></p><p><i><tt>force directory security mode</tt></i></p><p>Once a user clicks <b>"OK"</b> to apply the permissions Samba maps the given permissions into a user/group/world r/w/x triple set, and then will check the changed permissions for a - file against the bits set in the <A -HREF="smb.conf.5.html#SECURITYMASK" -TARGET="_top" -> - <VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->security mask</VAR -></A -> parameter. Any bits that + file against the bits set in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#SECURITYMASK" target="_top"> + <i><tt>security mask</tt></i></a> parameter. Any bits that were changed that are not set to '1' in this parameter are left alone - in the file permissions.</P -><P ->Essentially, zero bits in the <VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->security mask</VAR -> - mask may be treated as a set of bits the user is <SPAN -CLASS="emphasis" -><I -CLASS="EMPHASIS" ->not</I -></SPAN -> + in the file permissions.</p><p>Essentially, zero bits in the <i><tt>security mask</tt></i> + mask may be treated as a set of bits the user is <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> allowed to change, and one bits are those the user is allowed to change. - </P -><P ->If not set explicitly this parameter is set to the same value as - the <A -HREF="smb.conf.5.html#CREATEMASK" -TARGET="_top" -><VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->create mask - </VAR -></A -> parameter. To allow a user to modify all the + </p><p>If not set explicitly this parameter is set to the same value as + the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#CREATEMASK" target="_top"><i><tt>create mask + </tt></i></a> parameter. To allow a user to modify all the user/group/world permissions on a file, set this parameter - to 0777.</P -><P ->Next Samba checks the changed permissions for a file against - the bits set in the <A -HREF="smb.conf.5.html#FORCESECURITYMODE" -TARGET="_top" -> <VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->force security mode</VAR -></A -> parameter. Any bits + to 0777.</p><p>Next Samba checks the changed permissions for a file against + the bits set in the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#FORCESECURITYMODE" target="_top"> + <i><tt>force security mode</tt></i></a> parameter. Any bits that were changed that correspond to bits set to '1' in this parameter - are forced to be set.</P -><P ->Essentially, bits set in the <VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->force security mode - </VAR -> parameter may be treated as a set of bits that, when - modifying security on a file, the user has always set to be 'on'.</P -><P ->If not set explicitly this parameter is set to the same value - as the <A -HREF="smb.conf.5.html#FORCECREATEMODE" -TARGET="_top" -><VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->force - create mode</VAR -></A -> parameter. + are forced to be set.</p><p>Essentially, bits set in the <i><tt>force security mode + </tt></i> parameter may be treated as a set of bits that, when + modifying security on a file, the user has always set to be 'on'.</p><p>If not set explicitly this parameter is set to the same value + as the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#FORCECREATEMODE" target="_top"><i><tt>force + create mode</tt></i></a> parameter. To allow a user to modify all the user/group/world permissions on a file - with no restrictions set this parameter to 000.</P -><P ->The <VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->security mask</VAR -> and <VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->force - security mode</VAR -> parameters are applied to the change - request in that order.</P -><P ->For a directory Samba will perform the same operations as - described above for a file except using the parameter <VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" -> directory security mask</VAR -> instead of <VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->security - mask</VAR ->, and <VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->force directory security mode - </VAR -> parameter instead of <VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->force security mode - </VAR ->.</P -><P ->The <VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->directory security mask</VAR -> parameter - by default is set to the same value as the <VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->directory mask - </VAR -> parameter and the <VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->force directory security - mode</VAR -> parameter by default is set to the same value as - the <VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->force directory mode</VAR -> parameter. </P -><P ->In this way Samba enforces the permission restrictions that + with no restrictions set this parameter to 000.</p><p>The <i><tt>security mask</tt></i> and <i><tt>force + security mode</tt></i> parameters are applied to the change + request in that order.</p><p>For a directory Samba will perform the same operations as + described above for a file except using the parameter <i><tt> + directory security mask</tt></i> instead of <i><tt>security + mask</tt></i>, and <i><tt>force directory security mode + </tt></i> parameter instead of <i><tt>force security mode + </tt></i>.</p><p>The <i><tt>directory security mask</tt></i> parameter + by default is set to the same value as the <i><tt>directory mask + </tt></i> parameter and the <i><tt>force directory security + mode</tt></i> parameter by default is set to the same value as + the <i><tt>force directory mode</tt></i> parameter. </p><p>In this way Samba enforces the permission restrictions that an administrator can set on a Samba share, whilst still allowing users - to modify the permission bits within that restriction.</P -><P ->If you want to set up a share that allows users full control + to modify the permission bits within that restriction.</p><p>If you want to set up a share that allows users full control in modifying the permission bits on their files and directories and doesn't force any particular bits to be set 'on', then set the following - parameters in the <TT -CLASS="FILENAME" ->smb.conf</TT -> file in that share specific section :</P -><P -><VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->security mask = 0777</VAR -></P -><P -><VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->force security mode = 0</VAR -></P -><P -><VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->directory security mask = 0777</VAR -></P -><P -><VAR -CLASS="PARAMETER" ->force directory security mode = 0</VAR -></P -></DIV -><DIV -CLASS="SECT1" -><H1 -CLASS="SECT1" -><A -NAME="AEN1681" ->11.7. Interaction with the standard Samba file attribute - mapping</A -></H1 -><P ->Samba maps some of the DOS attribute bits (such as "read - only") into the UNIX permissions of a file. This means there can + parameters in the <tt>smb.conf</tt> file in that share specific section :</p><p><i><tt>security mask = 0777</tt></i></p><p><i><tt>force security mode = 0</tt></i></p><p><i><tt>directory security mask = 0777</tt></i></p><p><i><tt>force directory security mode = 0</tt></i></p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2886008"></a>Interaction with the standard Samba file attribute + mapping</h2></div></div><p>Samba maps some of the DOS attribute bits (such as "read + only") into the UNIX permissions of a file. This means there can be a conflict between the permission bits set via the security dialog and the permission bits set by the file attribute mapping. - </P -><P ->One way this can show up is if a file has no UNIX read access - for the owner it will show up as "read only" in the standard + </p><p>One way this can show up is if a file has no UNIX read access + for the owner it will show up as "read only" in the standard file attributes tabbed dialog. Unfortunately this dialog is - the same one that contains the security info in another tab.</P -><P ->What this can mean is that if the owner changes the permissions + the same one that contains the security info in another tab.</p><p>What this can mean is that if the owner changes the permissions to allow themselves read access using the security dialog, clicks - <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"OK"</B -> to get back to the standard attributes tab - dialog, and then clicks <B -CLASS="COMMAND" ->"OK"</B -> on that dialog, then + <b>"OK"</b> to get back to the standard attributes tab + dialog, and then clicks <b>"OK"</b> on that dialog, then NT will set the file permissions back to read-only (as that is what the attributes still say in the dialog). 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