On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 11:53:24AM -0500, Peter Clark wrote:
> Is there a way to specify that all files created in a certain directory 
> should belong to a certain group and be writable by that group?

You could:
- turn on the setgid bit for that directory (chmod g+s mydir)
- play around with umask (I think a value of 022 is right)

'info chmod' and 'info setgid' for details.  Maybe google
for "chmod setgid directory linux".

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