On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 13:25, Robert Williams wrote: > MKlinke wrote: > > >On Thursday 14 August 2003 11:41, Robert Williams wrote: > > > > > >>I have created a directory that is shared using 'owner.group' access > >>on a directory. rwilliams.mygroup is set on database directory. > >>Since Redhat uses rwilliams.rwilliams for the user/group as default, > >>it is causing me some trouble. When a user creates a file under > >>/databases, they are the only one that can change or delete the file. > >> I tried chmod g+s on /database, but that does not work. > >> > >>Any ideas? > >> > >> > > > > > Thanks Mike and Sean. That did it. > > I am running RH 9 and under /etc/bashrc is: > if [ "`id -gn`" = "`id -un`" -a `id -u` -gt 99 ]; then > umask 002 > else > umask 022 > fi > > New users are added starting at 500 uid, so they are set to umask 022, > not 002. I guess it is set for security reasons. So I need to add a > new umask to everyone's .bashrc file, or is it safe to just change > /etc/bashrc? >
It is the other way around. 501 is greater than 99 so the test -gt 99 should return true and then the umask 02 command should be run. if this is not happening it is something else with the ids. Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
