Permission issues with Samba and OS X
Sorry this doesn't help the OP, but I can confirm that
unix extensions = no
worked for me. I have Macs running Snow Leopard connecting to Linux (lenny/sid) server with Samba 3.2.3. I am posting this so people will still try that. Much like others, before I put the unix extensions = no line in, the force create mode was being ignored.
Samba has two ways of setting perms for an uploaded file:
- Without UNIX extensions: preset file/directory mask is used
- With UNIX extensions (which probably MacOS client has): that allows clients to control file perms
Here's the lines you should add to config file (smb.conf):
# For case 1: no UNIX extensions create mask = 0644 directory mask = 0755 # For case 2: override UNIX extensions force create mode = 0644 force directory mode = 0755
(Should be placed BEFORE any share definition goes: this looks like [share name] in square braces and a couple of indented lines. These sets will then apply to all shares you have)
Also read about force group and force user in man smb.conf, if you need it.