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<samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
		<term><anchor id="SECURITYMASK"/>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 file 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 0777, allowing
		a user to modify all the user/group/world permissions on a file.
		</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 set to <constant>0777</constant>.</para>
		
		<para>See also the <link linkend="FORCEDIRECTORYSECURITYMODE">
		<parameter moreinfo="none">force directory security mode</parameter></link>, 
		<link linkend="DIRECTORYSECURITYMASK"><parameter moreinfo="none">directory 
		security mask</parameter></link>, <link linkend="FORCESECURITYMODE">
		<parameter moreinfo="none">force security mode</parameter></link> parameters.</para>

		<para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">security mask = 0777</command></para>
		<para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">security mask = 0770</command></para>
		</listitem>
		</samba:parameter>