>>> hack warning <<<

Ok, here's an idea. How about a cron job that runs every minute and sets 
the permissions of all the files in the directory.

Do I get credit for "thinking outside the box"?

Troy.A Johnson wrote:
> 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").

This sounds like the "real" solution.

> 
> 
>>>>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
> 



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