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