>>> hack warning <<<
Ok, here's an idea. How about a cron job that runs every minute and sets
the permissions of all the files in the directory.
Do I get credit for "thinking outside the box"?
Troy.A Johnson wrote:
> Make sure both users have a umask of "002"
> (and not "022"). Usually set in "/etc/bashrc" or
> "~/.bashrc" on RHL.
>
> As 'root':
> # mkdir /home/share
> # chgrp users /home/share
> # chmod g+rwxs /home/share
>
> Now files and directories created in the
> shell environment will 'do the right thing',
> but GUI shells might need tweaking, and
> access via Samba or Netatalk will need
> more configuration ("force create mode"
> and "force directory mode").
This sounds like the "real" solution.
>
>
>>>>peter-clark at bethel.edu 09/10/03 11:53AM >>>
>
> Is there a way to specify that all files created in a certain
> directory
> should belong to a certain group and be writable by that group? I'd like
> to
> share (locally) a directory with my wife and have everything in that
> directory modifiable by either of us automatically, without having to
> chown
> and chmod new files every time. Both of us belong to group 'users', so all
> I
> really need to know is how to specify that all new files in the directory
>
> must belong to group 'users' and have g+rw access.
> Thanks,
> :Peter
>
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