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<samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
		<term><anchor id="DIRECTORYSECURITYMASK"/>directory security mask (S)</term>
		<listitem><para>This parameter controls what UNIX permission bits 
		can be modified when a Windows NT client is manipulating the UNIX 
		permission on a directory using the native NT security dialog 
		box.</para>

		<para>This parameter is applied as a mask (AND'ed with) to 
		the changed permission bits, thus preventing any bits not in 
		this mask from being modified. Essentially, zero bits in this 
		mask may be treated as a set of bits the user is not allowed 
		to change.</para>

		<para>If not set explicitly this parameter is set to 0777
		meaning a user is allowed to modify all the user/group/world
		permissions on a directory.</para>

		<para><emphasis>Note</emphasis> that users who can access the 
		Samba server through other means can easily bypass this restriction, 
		so it is primarily useful for standalone &quot;appliance&quot; systems.  
		Administrators of most normal systems will probably want to leave
		it as the default of <constant>0777</constant>.</para>

		<para>See also the <link linkend="FORCEDIRECTORYSECURITYMODE"><parameter moreinfo="none">
		force directory security mode</parameter></link>, <link linkend="SECURITYMASK"><parameter moreinfo="none">security mask</parameter></link>, 
		<link linkend="FORCESECURITYMODE"><parameter moreinfo="none">force security mode
		</parameter></link> parameters.</para>

		<para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">directory security mask = 0777</command></para>
		<para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">directory security mask = 0700</command></para>
		</listitem>
		</samba:parameter>