how are the users accessing their home directories? FTP? If so perhaps you can set your ftp daemon to a default umask of your choosing... On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:05:22 -0600, Chris Frederick <cdf123 at cdf123.net> wrote: > Hi gang, > > I was wondering if there was a way to set a directory to force certain > permissions on new files created there. I keep thinking of the > sticky-bits for directories, but that just sets the group and owner > permissions. Is there a way to have your default umask set for 026, but > have a 022 for certain directories only? > > I'm trying to have users create files in their ~/public_html directories > for website access. But I'd like to keep my umask at 026 at least, and > that leaves the new files unreadable to the website. Is there something > simple I can do, or am I stuck with a cron job, or setting up ACLs? > > Thanks all. > > Chris Frederick > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Loren H. Burlingame <loren at lhb.name> GPG Key ID: 0x112DCF4F "Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes." -William Shatner (a.k.a. Buck Murdock) _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list