1 <samba:parameter name="inherit permissions"
4 xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
6 <para>The permissions on new files and directories
7 are normally governed by <link linkend="CREATEMASK"><parameter moreinfo="none">
8 create mask</parameter></link>, <link linkend="DIRECTORYMASK">
9 <parameter moreinfo="none">directory mask</parameter></link>, <link linkend="FORCECREATEMODE">
10 <parameter moreinfo="none">force create mode</parameter>
11 </link> and <link linkend="FORCEDIRECTORYMODE"><parameter moreinfo="none">force
12 directory mode</parameter></link> but the boolean inherit
13 permissions parameter overrides this.</para>
15 <para>New directories inherit the mode of the parent directory,
16 including bits such as setgid.</para>
18 <para>New files inherit their read/write bits from the parent
19 directory. Their execute bits continue to be determined by
20 <link linkend="MAPARCHIVE"><parameter moreinfo="none">map archive</parameter>
21 </link>, <link linkend="MAPHIDDEN"><parameter moreinfo="none">map hidden</parameter>
22 </link> and <link linkend="MAPSYSTEM"><parameter moreinfo="none">map system</parameter>
23 </link> as usual.</para>
25 <para>Note that the setuid bit is <emphasis>never</emphasis> set via
26 inheritance (the code explicitly prohibits this).</para>
28 <para>This can be particularly useful on large systems with
29 many users, perhaps several thousand, to allow a single [homes]
30 share to be used flexibly by each user.</para>
33 <related>create mask</related>
34 <related>directory mask</related>
35 <related>force create mode</related>
36 <related>force directory mode</related>
38 <value type="default">no</value>