[NTLUG:Discuss] persistent umask for a directory?

Stuart Johnston saj at thecommune.net
Wed Jul 11 12:37:08 CDT 2007


Chris Cox wrote:
> Stuart Johnston wrote:
>> Is there a way that I can have new files created in a particular 
>> directory automatically be writable by all users?
>>
>> I thought I had done this before but now I can't figure it out.
>>
> 
> Not easily.  You can have all files tagged with a particular
> group pretty easily.  ...
> 
> So... it's not exactly what you were looking for, but
> this might be useful.

Yes, I believe that is what I was thinking of.  In fact I tried that 
before I sent the question, I just wasn't thinking of it in the right 
way.  It will probably work for what I need.

Thanks for the help Chris and MadHat.

-Stuart



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