On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 07:23:33PM +0000, Thomas Adam wrote: > 2009/11/19 Chad Perrin <per...@apotheon.com>: > > Those are all filesystem browsers/managers -- right? I've already told > > the person who asked that many such applications have that kind of > > functionality. In my initial question to this list, I said: > > I know what you mentioned -- unfortunately you're only going to find > what you want as *part* of something much larger -- in this case a > file manager. And in the examples I gave, those are considered > light-weight, especially midnight commander. > > > Do you know if there's anything like *that* available, rather than an > > entire filesystem browser/manager application that just happens to also > > have a way to change permissions on files and directories? > > See above. I have never come across anything standalone, and at this > point, given your somewhat unique requirements, you might be better > off writing one yourself perhaps in Tk or something. :)
I was afraid that might be the case. I guess the filesystem browser approach and the desktop environment approach are the only options available to the person who asked the question, then -- at least unless and until I develop the urge to write a permissions management GUI that I'll probably never use myself. Thanks for confirming my suspicions. > > > Also . . . do any of the applications you mentioned provide a way to > > manage things like umasks or home directory default permissions? In my > > original post to this list, I had also mentioned that sort of thing: > > This would be more beneficial as a shell setting -- changing one's > umask at the drop of a hat is almost always the wrong thing to do. It's not so much for the purpose of being able to change it at the drop of a hat that the person asked me about this, I think. He just wants to be able to do everything without ever having to touch a configuration file directly. While I think that's probably the wrong way to do it, some people just refuse to take a different approach, and I still feel the urge to try to be helpful when someone asks how he can do something. > > >> > login.conf or adduser.conf configuration > > > > . . . though I'm not holding my breath on that. I rather suspect > > managing umasks in login.conf and user directory default permissions in > > adduser.conf is not something anyone has bothered to incorporate in a GUI > > interface. > > Correct, see above. It's not something one would interactively > change. especially as it's a shell setting -- so this GUI app would > have a hard time enforcing it (c.f. interactive shell instances > already open.) I don't think he cares as much about *enforcing* it as about setting defaults that can be overridden on a case-by-case basis, rather than having to override a default he doesn't want in almost every case. Anyway . . . thanks again for the responses. I'll just add some confirmation of my suspicion that nothing like what I asked about exists to my repertoire of knowledge. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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