On 05Feb2008 14:09, aragonx@xxxxxxxxxx <aragonx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | > | You would want to add this to your smb.conf file (found in /etc/samba on | > | my system). Then you would probably need to restart Samba by doing | > | something like this: | > | /etc/init.d/smb restart | > | > It's enough to kill the particular smdb serving the client machine, which | > can be obtained from the smbstatus command. We tend to prefer this when fixing | > a problem for an individual user. | | In this case, since he wants all directories created by all users to have | the new group permissions, he would have to use the restart method | originally suggested right? Correct. I just wanted to point out that it was not a one size fits all solution. (Well, it is, but it's intrusive and overkill for fine grained issues - smbd reads the smb.conf when a PC connects, so you only need a full restart when you want all PCs to get new smb.conf settings). Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/