[NTLUG:Discuss] Permissions, Permissions, Permissions

[Bobby Sanders]

Thanks a million.  It is embarrassing to forget something as fundamental
as .bashrc.  Do you think this is a sign of old age?  :)

Bobby

On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 10:36 -0500, Wayne Walker wrote:
> This is controlled by two things.
> 
> 1. g+s (the 2 in 2770).  Known as a setgid bit, when set on a directory
> means that new files and directories will inherit their group from the
> parent directory, rather than getting the primary group of the user who
> created the new file or directory.
> 
> 2. umask controls the initial file permissions of new files and
> directories.  For the behavior you want, all users who create files in
> the /o directory must have their umask set to 0002.  The default on most
> OS's these days is 0077 or 0022 both of which inhibit group write
> permissions.
> 
> So, change the user's .bashrc to include "umask 0007" or "umask 0002".
> 
> Wayne
> 
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 10:20:40AM -0500, Bobby Sanders wrote:
> > Some time ago I configured my Linux box as follows:
> > 
> > Created group, g.  Added users to group g.
> > 
> > Created a directory, /o, whose group was g and had permissions
> > drwxrws---  ( chmod 2770)
> > 
> > When a member of g created a sudirectory of /o it belonged to the
> > creating user, was in group g and had permissions drwxrws---, and so on
> > down the tree.  Files created under /o or any of its subdirectories by a
> > member of g were owned by the creating user, belonged to g and had the
> > permissions -rw-rw----.
> > 
> > Had to replace the computer and cannot reconfigure /o the way I had
> > it!  :(
> > 
> > I seem to remember that I had to change certain configuration files but
> > I can't remember which ones nor how I changed them.  I have Goggled this
> > problem, worked on it for 3 days - all to no avail, and need help quick.
> > 
> > So I come to you on bended knee meekly begging you to share your wisdom,
> > knowledge, and experience with me.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Bobby Sanders
> > 
> > 
> > 
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