On Mon, 7 Sep 1998, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: : > : > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Default Debian Reader) : > | : > | How can i change the perms on a directory so that a file that is copied into that directory is automatically owned by another user and group? : >
[ snip ] : Don't know if anyone mentioned it already, but you can actually do this : for the group ownership. If you do a `chmod g+s <dir>', new files : created in this directory will get the same group. In fact, this is why Debian uses "usergroups" rather than catch-all groups like "users" - the default umask can be set so that your private files in your home directory are indeed private, but files in a shared project directory (take /usr/local/src as an example) can be editted by anyone in group "src", provided /usr/local/src has permissions 2775. I hated usergroups when I started using Debian, until I figured out what they were for. Now I find them quite useful. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
