files or folders created by one user show as read only for others

In the sidebar of the Server.app window, select the icon at the top with the name of the server. Then select the Storage tab in the main window pane.

Navigate to the folder in question and select it. From the popup menu at the bottom with a gear icon, select

Edit Permissions...

Verify that the permissions are what they should be, and make changes if necessary. Then, from the same menu, select

Propagate Permissions...

Check all applicable boxes, including Access Control List. If in doubt, check all boxes. Click OK.

I, too, have this issue. Similar situation with inherited permissions not propagating for SOME things that are newly created -- files or folders -- by other users in the same group. The above fix seems to be a one-time repair. Anything modified after doing it, has resulted in the same issues for us.

Example: Some user accounts create folders within a directory that has Read & Write permissions, resulting in No Access for anyone but them in the new directory. However, some result in Read Only. And on rare occasions, permissions are correctly set to Read & Write. We're all connecting via AFP, except for 2 Windows 8.1 PC's using SMB.

All Mac's are on Yosemite, OSX Server is on Yosemite as well. It appears that this is something consistently inconsistent, and there's been no similar case of reproducing it, other than the fact that it happens frequently -- and daily at this point -- post Yosemite upgrade. No real issues existed like this when we were on Mavericks.

It's becoming a huge hassle for our daily workflow of 15 people.

I am having the same problem. Also a big disruption in workflow for our office of 10 people. I've tried every solution I could find online and nothing has helped. The office is a mix of 10.10, 10.9, and Windows 8 machines, all are connecting via SMB.

We didn't have this problem before Yosemite. Any advice would be most welcome. Propagating Permissions every day or two is incredibly annoying.

I am also having the same problem. OSX 10.9.5 Server 3.2.2. Unfortunately I can not edit permissions in the Edit Permissions options under the Storage tab. When I try to change permissions, the permissions change but I can NOT select the OK button, its greyed out so I have to hit the Cancel button.

Please post a screenshot of that setup. You should be able to change permissions unless that folder or volume is locked in some way.

Verify read and write access on that volume for instance by creating a new folder and setup filesharing.

Is ignore ownership enabled on that volume perhaps?

As far as Windows8 goes, you might want to connect using cifs:// instead of smb://, cifs forces the use of smb1.

Goodluck

Jeffrey

I can change the settings in the Get Info Tab, so I know the volume isn't locked. The Ignore Ownership of the Volume is checked. I can't change the settings within the Server App under the Storage Tab.

Disable ignore ownership of that volume and try again.

Still same problem.

Did you reboot?