<samba:parameter name="inherit permissions" context="S" xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> <listitem> <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> <para>See also <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>.</para> <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">inherit permissions = no</command></para> </listitem> </samba:parameter>