<samba:parameter name="directory mask" context="S" type="string" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <synonym>directory mode</synonym> <description> <para>This parameter is the octal modes which are used when converting DOS modes to UNIX modes when creating UNIX directories.</para> <para>When a directory 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 directory. Any bit <emphasis>not</emphasis> set here will be removed from the modes set on a directory when it is created.</para> <para>The default value of this parameter removes the 'group' and 'other' write bits from the UNIX mode, allowing only the user who owns the directory to modify it.</para> <para>Following this Samba will bit-wise 'OR' the UNIX mode created from this parameter with the value of the <smbconfoption name="force directory mode"/> parameter. This parameter is set to 000 by default (i.e. no extra mode bits are added).</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="directory security mask"/>.</para> </description> <related>force directory mode</related> <related>create mask</related> <related>directory security mask</related> <related>inherit permissions</related> <value type="default">0755</value> <value type="example">0775</value> </samba:parameter>