Problem with thinking out of the box, is sometimes you find yourself over the edge of the table too. :{)> Rick Meyerhoff said: > > >>> 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 >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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