mkpath file permission on help

I have a window machine connecting (via samba) to my linux box to create a directory.

From windows, I call mkpath "z:/temp", 0777 inside a perl code.
where z: = /home/user1 is the shared linux drive.

On Linux (redhat), the temp direct created under /home/user1/ has following permission:

drwxr-xr-x 2 user1 user1 4096 May 1 16:15 temp

I want to create a directory with 777 permission, but it didn't work.
In linux, i even call umask to set the permission on the directory:
[user1@comp]$ umask 777

Does anyone know the trick to make the permission to be 777 when creating a directory

Hey There,

You may be stuck because of the hierarchical directory permissions on Windows, which I don't think Perl can change directly.

It's possible, though, that if you change your umask to "0", rather than "777" that it might help. 777 imposes total restriction (on Unix/Linux it would make your files/dir permissions 000) and 0 doesn't impose any. That's one reason I think the problem might need to be fixed on the windows end.

If that is the case, check out cpan(dot)org or check if active state perl has any modules to help out with setting ACL's on windows through Perl.

Best wishes,

Mike

Change the command to $umask 000 , but still does not work. I still get the same dir permission once it created by mkpath. Not sure yet how to fix in windows.

Doesnt samba has its own rights management?

Speak. In sambaconfiguration you say somewhere what rights the data has? (or defaults too?)

I dont think it is a windows Problem since Windows Rightsmanagement differs a lot from Linux and is controlled by Samba (I believe)

However i am not a samba expert. But Imho thats the direction to look.

Have fun...

Hey there,

If it's a samba thing, check out "swat" and when you have that up and running choose to show all options. There a ton of them. Perhaps it's in there. Of course, check without showing all options first, because the smb.conf has a ton of them

, Mike

It still have problem.. This problem cause me a lot of pain, that i have to
go to the directory ee and do the chmod -r 777 * every time a new dir under subdirecotry of b1 is created by apache user or mkpath 0777 cmd, say ./b1/john/temp1

Below is my samba setting. Can anyone help me please?

[a1]
comment = a1
path = /home/ee/a1
writeable = yes
guest ok = yes
public = yes
create mask = 0000

[b1]
comment = results
path = /home/ee/a1/b1
writeable = yes
guest ok = yes
public = yes
create mask = 0000

Originally Posted by ufmale It still have problem.. This problem cause me a lot of pain, that i have to go to the directory ee and do the chmod -r 777 * every time a new dir under subdirecotry of b1 is created by apache user or mkpath 0777 cmd, say ./b1/john/temp1 Below is my samba setting. Can anyone help me please? [a1] comment = a1 path = /home/ee/a1 writeable = yes guest ok = yes public = yes create mask = 0000 [b1] comment = results path = /home/ee/a1/b1 writeable = yes guest ok = yes public = yes create mask = 0000

How about checking Apache Config? I think that one has also own settings for Rights management... Or why do you talk of apache user :P?

Hey There,

You may need to set the "directory mask" and change your "create mask" -- Try it with

create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0755

and everything new should be created with those perms.

Hope that helps

, Mike