Lines 201-209 of "smb.conf-example"/"smb.conf.default" read # A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in # the "staff" group ;[public] ; comment = Public Stuff ; path = /home/samba ; public = yes ; writable = yes ; printable = no ; write list = @staff I believe the "writable" flag should be set to "no".
Absolutely correct. Thanks, fixed in all branches.