Scan to SMB: permissions of written file

[drleif]

I've successfully set up scanning to a network (Samba) folder. I've created a separate "Sharing" account for the printer to use because I'm not comfortable with having my actual user account's password stored in the Samba password file and / or the printer. 

When I scan to the network folder, the resulting scans have the following permissions: 

-rw-------  1 sharing  staff  218154 Feb  2 10:57 scan0001.pdf

That is, only the "sharing" account can read or write these files. My actual user account cannot. It's messy having to change ownership or permissions everytime I want to scan something. 

How do I tell the LaserJet to write files with, e.g. read and write permissions for group and world as well? 

Thanks in advance! 

— Leif

[Charles001]

The file permission is set by samba. You might need to change the create mask on that account.  This samba doc may be helpful: https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-do-i-set-permissions-to-samba-shares.html

[drleif]

Thanks Charles. 

Apparently it's near to impossible to configure Samba on current versions of macOS. There's no /etc/samba* anymore. 

However I found this StackExchange post that solves the problem using extended permissions:

http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/7255

In effect, I had to execute the following (in Terminal.app) to enable my actual user to read and write the files created by the Scanner user:

sudo chmod -R +a "staff allow list,add_file,search,add_subdirectory,delete_child,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity,file_inherit,directory_inherit" /path/to/shared/directory