Re: [SLUG] TR-3 tape and Samba Permissions Q's

[tom burkart <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Alister Waller wrote:

> I have samba shares set up but when a user creates a directory or file on
> the server from their windows machines the permissions are set as per the
> user so no one else can access them. How do I make the permissions open so
> all can access when a file or directory is created?? or am I missing
you need to use the "force user" and/or "force group" directives for that
share.  I would recommend creating a "dummy" user that is disabled and
using these uid/gid values in the "force *" directives.

tom.
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