woot. On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Shawn Badger wrote: > A quick google on the forcing permissions and I found this > > force create mode = 666 > > I added it to my smb.conf and it works!! > > Thanks for the point in the right direction, evedently create mode > isn't enough by itself you need to add force in front of it. > > > Now the entry looks like: > > > [lab-test] >        comment = Lab test >        path = /mnt/lab-test >        browseable = yes >        public = yes >        guest ok = yes >        share modes = yes >        force create mode = 666 >        directory mode = 777 >        writeable = yes > > > > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Stephen wrote: >> If that share is set to use specific permissions then the app cannot make >> them something else. So the trick is to force a specific set of permissions >> via samba. This I know can be done. Just cannot remember how I did it. >> >> On Jun 12, 2012 1:19 PM, "Shawn Badger" wrote: >>> >>> I have tried that form the smb.conf, but it seems to be overridden by the >>> app. >>> Here is the snipit from my smb.conf for the share: >>> >>> [lab-test] >>>        comment = Lab test >>>        path = /mnt/lab-test >>>        browseable = yes >>>        public = yes >>>        guest ok = yes >>>        share modes = yes >>>        create mode = 666 >>>        directory mode = 777 >>>        writeable = yes >>> >>> >>> Just so you know this is a test for a project I am working on, hence >>> the share comping from /mnt and the very laxed permissions. So please >>> no comments about it being really insecure. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Eric Shubert wrote: >>> > On 06/12/2012 08:23 AM, Shawn Badger wrote: >>> >> >>> >> I have an Android tablet running Cyanogenmod 7 that is using >>> >> CifsManager to mount a share. That all works well, but the problem I >>> >> am having is when an application (Jotta Text editor in this case) >>> >> creates a file on the share it creates it with a 600 file permission, >>> >> but when I create it from a terminal it creates the file with a 666 >>> >> file permission which is what I want. I am trying to figure out how to >>> >> change the way the application is saving the files. I have set the >>> >> smb.conf so the default file mode  is 666 and also put file_mode=666 >>> >> in the options for CifsManager, but the applications seem to ignore >>> >> those settings.  Does anyone know how to get the applications (without >>> >> changing the modifying it) to stop overriding the default? >>> > >>> > >>> > I usually control this on the server with the "create mask" option for >>> > the >>> > file share. I expect this would take precedence over whatever the >>> > clients >>> > may specify. YMMV of course, depending on versions etc. >>> > >>> > Note, permission bits can also be affected by how the server is >>> > configured >>> > (globally or per share) to map dos file attributes. If dos file >>> > attributes >>> > are a concern, I prefer storing them in the extended attributes area, >>> > instead of mapping them to *nix permission bits: >>> >        map archive = no >>> >        map hidden = no >>> >        map read only = no >>> >        map system = no >>> >        store dos attributes = yes >>> >        dos filemode = yes >>> > >>> > HTH. >>> > >>> > -- >>> > -Eric 'shubes' >>> > >>> > >>> > --------------------------------------------------- >>> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss