I have a similar problem. I always keep all my data on a separate
partition, mounted to say /mnt/sdaN. I have a directory there for each
user and the user can build whatever subdirectories from there he wants,
each with links to his home, eg
ln -s /mnt/sda6/fred/workStuff /home/fred
ln -s /mnt/sda
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: nautilus
I created a file with 'other' having no permissions. In Nautilus via a
Samba share, the file shows that 'other' has read access. It seems to
show the permissions for 'owner' and 'group' correctly, also it
correctly shows the permission for 'Other