<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=US-ASCII" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Daniel Loomis wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:2A51F463-FA84-4739-906E-382437B4BF3A@suddenlink.net" type="cite">I just started setting up a new K12ltsp system and find I cannot samba create mask and create directory to override system defaults. I use create mask 770 directory mask 770 in either [global] or [shares] but when a client creates a new directory it defaults to 0755 and any new files default to 0644 Host is running EL. Dan </blockquote> Try the "force" directives. Like this: force directory mode = 0770 force create mask = 0770 --TP <div class="moz-signature"> _______________________________ Do you <a href="http://www.gnu.org">GNU</a>? <a href="http://www.cmosnetworks.com">Microsoft Free since 2003</a>--the ultimate antivirus protection! </div> </body> </html>