Problem with thinking out of the box, is sometimes you find yourself over
the edge of the table too.  :{)>

Rick Meyerhoff said:
>
>  >>> 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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