Re: Sticky bit...

2002-12-28 Thread Bret Hughes
On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 18:59, John Nichel wrote: > Yeah, I know how groups / permissions work. What I was wondering, is > there a way to set a sticky bit recursively, so that no matter what the > default group of a user is, any file or directory that the user creates > in a certain directory wil

Re: Sticky bit...

2002-12-28 Thread John Nichel
Yeah, I know how groups / permissions work. What I was wondering, is there a way to set a sticky bit recursively, so that no matter what the default group of a user is, any file or directory that the user creates in a certain directory will be set to the group of that directory. I don't want

Re: Sticky bit...

2002-12-28 Thread David Kramer
On Saturday 28 December 2002 01:00 pm, John Nichel wrote: > Hello fellow RedHatters, > >Can someone tell me if it's possible to set a sticky bit recursively > on a directory? What I'm looking to do is to have multiple users > creating files and directories in a certain place, and I want those

RE: sticky bit plus samba

2002-12-04 Thread jesse jacobs
o created it and no one else can access it or modifiy it. I do > not want to make this directory a "public" directory just for the one > group. > Thank you all > Doug > > -Original Message- > From: jesse jacobs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, N

RE: sticky bit plus samba

2002-12-03 Thread Simpson, Doug
fiy it. I do not want to make this directory a "public" directory just for the one group. Thank you all Doug -Original Message- From: jesse jacobs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 2:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Simpson, Doug Subject: Re: sticky bit

Re: sticky bit

2002-11-22 Thread jesse jacobs
> I have a Linux 7.3 box that holds an ACT! database. When someone > accesses the database they become the owner and group of a certain file > - *.alf When thia happens no one else can access the data base abdthey > receive an error that says some process is held open. So, I go back in > and chg

Re: Sticky Bit?

1999-12-01 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 05:47:16PM -0600, Stephen Hargrove wrote: > >Okay, I've created a little problem on my system. I have a partition >that is shared among several different offices, so I set the >permissions as follows: > >chmod -R 1666 * Directories typically are 755.

Re: Sticky bit (wasL RE: LOGIN program)

1999-12-01 Thread Paul M. Foster
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Charles Galpin wrote: > You are misreading the man page. The t switch uses swap, the s switch sets > the user or group ID on execution. > > I'm probably going to do a lousy job of explaining it, but I'll give it a > stab anyway. > > This is the heart of the user provate g

RE: Sticky bit (wasL RE: LOGIN program)

1999-12-01 Thread Pieckiel, Kevin A
er 01, 1999 9:06 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Sticky bit (wasL RE: LOGIN program) You are misreading the man page. The t switch uses swap, the s switch sets the user or group ID on execution. I'm probably going to do a lousy job of explaining it, but I'll give it a

Re: Sticky bit (wasL RE: LOGIN program)

1999-12-01 Thread Charles Galpin
You are misreading the man page. The t switch uses swap, the s switch sets the user or group ID on execution. I'm probably going to do a lousy job of explaining it, but I'll give it a stab anyway. This is the heart of the user provate group scheme being useful. We are all in our own group, whic