samba directory ownership problems in domain mode
 

Samba server running fine in a w2k environment in domain mode. All users are authenticated correctly.

Here's the setup:
PDC:
User:
flash
chris
anna

Under Linux, I created a group named smb
then i did a useradd -g smb flash (chris, then anna)

then a smbpasswd -a for each of those users

So, what that should mean is that all my samba users are members of the same group, smb.

So I've got this folder named Downloads , that should be a completely open public folder. I set the bits on it as chmod 2777 /shared/Downloads -R

chown :smb /shared/Downloads -R

create mask in smb.conf = 2777

yet, if chris creates a folder, flash & anna can see it, but it is owned by chris, and they can't write to it. It functions more like a public user home directory then a true public folder.

What am I doing wrong?
smb.conf
ownership -lah