verbose³ example

:/folder$ cd ballcancer/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/folder/ballcancer$ cat textfile you're a monster [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/folder/ballcancer$ echo "ymmaavstiml" >> cognition bash: cognition: Permission denied # (I gues) this is it... # Hope I've conjured a smile on your face ;) # Marco

verbose^2 example

folder/ballcancer$ cat textfile you're a monster [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/folder/ballcancer$ echo "ymmaavstiml" >> cognition bash: cognition: Permission denied # (I gues) this is it... # Hope I've conjured a smile on your face ;) # Marco Weber # PS: I'm canceling debia

did this lead to the solution?

k:users john:users lisa:users In this second case, no coresponding group is created - but the user gets added to group 'users' upon creation, making 'users' the default group for that user. I hope this gives you the inspiration to solve this problem. friendly greetings Mar

addendum (corrected)

yes you need umask as well... so the complete example would be: mkdir /home/agroup chgrp agroup /home/agroup chmod -R 6774 /home/agroup cd /home/agroup umask 002 marco weber -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

addendum

just came to my mind... yes you need umask as well... so the complete example would be: mkdir /home/agroup chgrp agroup /home/agroup chmod -R 6774 /home/agroup cd /home/agroup chmod 002 of course, otherwise the group won't get write permission... marco weber -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: umask^H^H^H^H^Hchmod a specific directory to be sticky

even need umask in this case...) thanks for your question Marco Weber -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]