Android file creation permissions

[Shawn Badger]

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 <ejs at shubes.net> 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'
>
>
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