Hi Rean - I have the same setup and I set the permissions in the directory structure, the smb.conf file and in the sasenv_local file. I configured it so everyone within an active directory group can read and write to a directory/sub directory or file without a permissions error. I support a user-base where they primarily work in teams and this configuration has generally worked well. 1. create physical folder structure and add permission bits (this is the folder people will use to share/read/write data) # sudo mkdir /mnt/shareFolder # chown -R owner.primaryGroup /mnt/ShareFolder # chmod -R 2775 /mnt/ShareFolder * this adds the permission bits to all sub-directories and folders --> drwxrwsr-x 2. create share folder and add permissions to /etc/samba/smb.conf file [Folder Name] comment = Folder Name path = /path/to/physical/folder/location browseable = yes write = yes read only = no valid users = @group1, @group2, etc... write list = @group1, @group2, etc... create mask = 0775 force create mode = 775 create directory mask = 0775 force directory mode = 775 force group = @group * this sets the permissions when a user creates and interacts with files via a Windows Explorer window 3. update /opt/sas/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/bin/sasenv_local add umask 002 * this sets the permissions for when a user writes to a shared folder location from SAS All Done!! Let me know how it goes if you have not already found a solution. Richard
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