Use a different group in Samba

digity · 02-05-2009, 12:58 PM

When creating a new file or folder on a samba share its owner and group defaults to the currently logged in user and his/her primary group (digity/digity). How do configure samba/smb.conf to use a different group than the user's default one (e.g., digity/creative)?

gilead · 02-05-2009, 07:27 PM

Samba can use the "force group = groupname" directive for a share to force files/directories to be created as a particular group. You can also change a directory's permissions within the file system to be set gid to cause all new files/directories to inherit the top level directory's group. For example:

Code:

chmod g+s /usr/loca/share/data