Tony Shadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 23 May 2005, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > cs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> For a directory, e.g. foo/, if I chmod 775 foo/, is it possible for > >> newly created files and directories under foo/ to automagically > >> inherit the group permissions of foo ? > >> > >> e.g. > >> touch foo/test would be rw-rw-r-- > >> mkdir foo/sub would be rwxrwxr-x > >> > >> I am looking for a non umask solution. > >> > >> I seem to remember in debian, I was able to make the group permissions > >> of the parent directory special for this magic to occur. > >> > >> I wonder if there is something similar in FBSD. > > > > If you set the suid bit, both owner *and* group will be set.
> I'll have to remember that one. So if /home is a filesystem unto > itself, if you set the suid bit on /home, all further creation beneath > it will inherit the permissions you set above? Only *directly* underneath it. Obviously you wouldn't want to do that for /home, but I find it quite useful on shared project directories and the like. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"