> -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [vox-tech] Default directory permissions > From: "Richard S. Crawford" <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, February 10, 2012 5:17 pm > To: "lugod's technical discussion forum" <[email protected]> > > > I have a directory on my server which has several people that can write to > it. Each person has their own username but they all belong to the same > group. I would like to make sure that every file and directory that is > created in that directory are group-writable. In other words, if Rita > (member of group psacln) creates a file or subdirectory, then Ginger (also > a member of group psacln) should be able to write to it or delete it, and > vice versa.
The way to achieve group collaboration is to have new files and directories become the group name of the group, not the default group name of the creator. Also, new files and directories need to have the group's write bit set. Here are the commands: 1) sudo chmod g+wxs . 2) sudo chgrp psacln . 3) sudo echo "umask 0002" >> /etc/profile The key is the s-bit set on the directory. This has the special meaning of setting new files' and directories' group name to the group name of the directory, not the creator. The umask command says to always turn on the group's write bit for new files and directories. <snip> _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
