Thnanks Jerry, I think your right. It would be better to determine why the user is doing this thing. I'm always nervous about running a script that affects so much all at once. We have nightly backups but still...)
If they knew what a terminal was I might not even have a problem! ;) Plus I always have "0 0 * * * shutdown -h 2" on a client machine as a payback! anyway thanks for the feedback. matt --- Jerry Yeager <jerry at browseryshop.com> wrote: > Of course, if Bob and Sue are determined to have some fun at the > sys-admin's expense, AND they know that a quick trip to Terminal (chmod > 755 filename) before uploading it to the server will allow them time to > bug the sys-admin before the CRON script kicks in -- unless you set it > to run every minute which is not advisable. > > Just looking at the possibilities... > > Jerry > > On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 05:20 PM, estate wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > I've been lurking here for a few days but now I have a question! > > > > My department has a Xserve and about 7 Mac client machines. All > > clients fileshare with the Xserve > > and do not netboot. Some folks are transferring files over that have > > read-only group priviliges > > and others in the group open the file, edit but cannot save it. > > > > Example: > > clients (bob, sue) transfer files to Xserve (where they log in as a > > user who are in the same > > group) (bob in dept A, sue in Dept A). Bob transfers file foo.txt to > > the Xserve. Sue opens foo.txt > > but cannot save it because Bob copied it in a way that the Group write > > priviliges are missing. > > > > This is causing me headaches. I want to run a cron job every night > > that sets all files under a > > particular folder to 775 (rwx rwx r-x). Now, is this a bad idea for > > reason that I don't know > > about? This will affect tens of thousands of files every night. Or can > > someone tell me / point me > > to site as to why my clients are copying files to the Server > > incorrectly. > > > > thanks for any advice. > > > > matt > > > > > > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > > | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
