On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 09:33 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 17:36 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote: > >> > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> > >>>| so a patch to add an "inherit owner group" option > >>>| would be very useful. > >>> > >>>Unix file systems already support this with the group ID bit. > >>>Just "chmod g+s dirname". > >> > >>Ok it's working. > >> > >>I didn't knew I could have a s without a x, so I was worried about the > >>security as some users have access to a shell on the Samba server. > > > > ---- > > 'x' has different meaning when it comes to a directory. It indicates > > whether a user of that type can 'descend' into the directory. > > > > Craig > > > > > > I know this, but I am moving data from a Windows server to Samba i.e. I > have to copy files preserving the creation times and then set up the > access rights. > And as I tought that s goes with x, and there is not way (well, as least > from what I know) to recursievly set the s just to directories (as with > the X) I had no solution. --- chmod -R g+s /path/to/directory # recursively set guid bit --- > Well, seting up the s to the base dir before replicating data should > have worked, but I just didn't think enough. --- We all have that problem.
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