Samba changes file ownership

joaquin.65 · 06-26-2012, 10:28 AM

Hi!
Yeah, I know this subject has already been touched.

This is my problem.
I have some .xls files (MS Excel) and I need certain permissions in order to get the business working.
for example:

Code:

root@server:~# ls -l
-rwxrwxr-x 1 netadm admin2 285696 jun 26 12:06 REG-01.xls

So, when I need a user to have rw permission I add him/her to the group admin2.

But when any user modifies the file it changes the ownership, and permissions.
For example:

Code:

root@server:~# ls -l
-rwxrw-rw- 1 damnuser damnuser 285696 jun 26 12:14 REG-01.xls

I know that this is because MS Office programs create a different file, and then rename it to the original name in the process of saving a modified file.
But that screws all of my permissions!

I would need a way to force set certain permissions and ownership to new files.
Is that possible?

I found this other post, but couldn't get my concept to work.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-saved-800859/

I need some help, seriously. I dont have lots of knowledge of the subject, and I'm supposed to get this server up and working.
Thanks in advance!
Joaquín.

pan64 · 06-27-2012, 03:59 AM

probably you also need force group = admin2
I hope this helps

joaquin.65 · 07-02-2012, 11:56 AM

I SOLVED IT!

Im posting this just in case someone else gets here with the same problem.

What did I do?

First, I open the samba configuration file

Code:

nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

Then I go to the ===== Share Definitions ===== part and add the following at the bottom of the share you want to affect:

Code:

create mask = 0755
force create mode = 0775
force group = admin2

This permissions are for my personal use, you may need others.
The same happens with the group "admin2", you probably will need other group.

If you need different folders to have different user creation and permission settings, you should create a new share for each of those folders, that way you can configure them separately.

Hope it helps.
Bye!