set default file permissions for a directory
Charles Farinella
cfarinella at appropriatesolutions.com
Fri Dec 9 14:05:01 EST 2005
On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 13:54, Paul Lussier wrote:
> > I need all files in a specific directory to be created with group write
> > permission (664) and all sub-directories 775. I can set umask 002 in
> > the individual accounts for group members, but they are all remote and
> > just uploading files via WinSCP which means they aren't logged in or
> > using the shell.
> >
> > I haven't so far been able to find out how to do this.
>
> Set the appropriate permissions on the parent directory, then set the
> sgid bit on it. This will cause the children of the parent directory
> to inherit the permissions of their parent:
>
> > chmod g+s foo
I need to work on my "question asking". I've already done that but the
newly created files only inherit the group, not the permissions. I need
all newly created files to be 664, and they end up 644 with the correct
group name. Thanks, though.
--charlie
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Charles Farinella
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