samba and write privileges

[redhatdude at bellsouth.net]

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com>
>
> On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 18:22 +0000, redhatdude at bellsouth.net wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 7:46 PM,  <redhatdude at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > On a samba share which anyone can see but just a few can write to, how can I 
> > > make the files writable by anyone with write access?
> > > Right now, when a user with write access creates a file and it can only be 
> > > modified by that user.
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > EJ
> > > >
> > 
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: Vnpenguin <vnpenguin at vnoss.org>
> > >
> > > Put all user into a group & play with "create mask" Samba option.
> > > 
> > 
> I'm a little confused here. I've been reading some of the samba documentation 
and I haven't got it yet. Are you talking about a linux group or a windows 
> group?
> > I'm not connecting to any windows domain.
> I also set create mask to 0755 and still it won't let everybody on the write 
> list modify the files.
> > EJ
> ----
> you probably would have better success with...
> 
>         create mask = 664
>         directory mask = 775
> 
> but I really think you want to use groups...you just want to fight it.
> 
> samba groups and unix groups are the same if they are mapped - pointers
> were given yesterday
> 
> Craig

Craig,
I appreciate the help.
I have zero experience with Windows. I've only used MacOS and Linux  my whole life. The reason I'm still not using groups is because I don't quite get the mapping. I'm not joining a Windows Domain. The other thing is, I don't know if I should create a samba users group in the system and add my samba users to it or use an existing group. I'm lost here.
Thanks,
EJ