I don't think that I explained the problem correctly. All of the users have their UPG and many of them are also in a "staff" group. Members of the "staff" group have a shared directory. When people save files from vi, pico, nedit, gimp, etc. to the shared directory, the group is set to shared just as it should be. If they save the file to their home directory, the group is set to their UPG. If they open FILE1.TXT from their home directory, edit it and then decide to save it to the shared directory, FILE1.TXT is given the "staff" group as it should be -- UNLESS the file was opened from their home directory with SO an then saved to the shared directory. In that particular case, the file has the same settings as it did in the home directory.
Note the test_after.doc file below. It was created with SO and saved in my home directory. It was then reopened and edited and then saved to the shared directory. -rw-rw-r-- 1 wkme staff 63 Jun 20 14:05 nedit2test -rw-rw-r-- 1 wed23 staff 39 Mar 28 08:06 newfile.txt -rw-rw-r-- 1 ets staff 15 Mar 29 14:11 test2.doc -rw-rw-r-- 1 wkme wkme 7680 Jun 20 14:16 test_after.doc -rw-rw-r-- 1 wkme staff 2551 Jun 20 13:46 testing123.jpg Ken Barber wrote: > > The User Private Groups (UPG) scheme is unique to Red Hat, and IMO is a bit > ridiculous. I've never used them. > > It has been my practice to create groups that actually do something useful, > such as "faculty", "students", "finaid" and so on. > > Ken Barber > > On Thursday 20 June 2002 11:08 am, Janyne Kizer wrote: > > I am using RH 7.2 and SO 5.2. We have a shared directory set up for > > people to use > > (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/ref-guide/s1-users > >-groups-private-groups.html). When someone saves a SO file into there home > > directory, edits that file and then saves it to the shared directory, the > > permissions are the same as on the file in their home directory. All other > > programs seem to work fine (Gimp, Nedit, etc.) but StarOffice insist on > > keeping the group the UPG. ARG! Any suggestions? > > -- > "Rule by pressure groups is merely the prelude, the social conditioning for > mob rule." > -- Ayn Rand, "The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution" -- Janyne Kizer CNE-3, CNE-4, CNE-5 Systems Programmer Administrator NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences Extension Information Technology ------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
