Not sure I agree that setting umask won't help. Re-reading the email, all the users are 'filesharing' on the machine. If this is being done via samba, then you can set the umask inside samba for any activity there.
If it's done via appletalk, I've no clue :) Hen On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Jerry Yeager wrote: > A script a day ... > Grin > > Nah, from the way Mr. / Ms. Estate is describing the problem it might > be an intermittent thing, which suggests something is either bad at the > source, in route or on the destination side. Setting the umask or the > inherit perms won't solve that. The script will only "fix" , that is > hide the problem as a last resort approach. > > Jerry > > On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 10:50 PM, Schoun Regan wrote: > > > Came late to the game. Busy-sorry bout that. > > Jerry, just bust out a 'lil ole script there; chmod this and 777 that > > and > > we're all set! > > Matt, > > How are the Apple File Sharing permissions set on the server? > > I bet they are set to "Use standard UNIX behavior" > > Change it to Inherit permissions from parent. > > Reboot. > > If it works you owe me a beer. > > If not, I'll take another crack at it. > > > > Schoun > > > > > > > > > > > >> From: estate <estate200 at yahoo.com> > >> Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > >> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 16:26:26 -0700 (PDT) > >> To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > >> Subject: Re: MacGroup: cron job and file permissions > >> > >> 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>. > > > > > > > > | 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>.
