Make sure both users have a umask of "002" (and not "022"). Usually set in "/etc/bashrc" or "~/.bashrc" on RHL. As 'root': # mkdir /home/share # chgrp users /home/share # chmod g+rwxs /home/share Now files and directories created in the shell environment will 'do the right thing', but GUI shells might need tweaking, and access via Samba or Netatalk will need more configuration ("force create mode" and "force directory mode"). >>> peter-clark at bethel.edu 09/10/03 11:53AM >>> 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? I'd like to share (locally) a directory with my wife and have everything in that directory modifiable by either of us automatically, without having to chown and chmod new files every time. Both of us belong to group 'users', so all I really need to know is how to specify that all new files in the directory must belong to group 'users' and have g+rw access. Thanks, :Peter _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list