<samba:parameter name="force directory mode" context="S" type="string" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> <para>This parameter specifies a set of UNIX mode bit permissions that will <emphasis>always</emphasis> be set on a directory created by Samba. This is done by bitwise 'OR'ing these bits onto the mode bits of a directory that is being created. The default for this parameter is (in octal) 0000 which will not add any extra permission bits to a created directory. This operation is done after the mode mask in the parameter <parameter moreinfo="none">directory mask</parameter> is applied.</para> <para>The example below would force all created directories to have read and execute permissions set for 'group' and 'other' as well as the read/write/execute bits set for the 'user'.</para> </description> <value type="default">000</value> <value type="example">0755</value> <related>directory mask</related> <related>inherit permissions</related> </samba:parameter>