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