From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 17 13:54:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6B5337B401 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 13:54:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.microcell.ca (gatekeeper.microcell.ca [205.151.8.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F274F43EC5 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 13:54:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from SoHo@admin.fido.ca) Received: from mailserv.microcell.ca (mailserv.microcell.ca [10.2.0.87]) by gatekeeper.microcell.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 501A416C7B; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 16:54:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailserv.microcell.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id 16A0A16BC3; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 16:54:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from lenard.admin.fido.ca (lamus.fido.ca [10.0.1.45]) by mailserv.microcell.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6235E16BC3; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 16:54:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from magni.microcell.ca (magni.microcell.ca [10.6.22.102]) by lenard.admin.fido.ca (SMTP_Gateway) with ESMTP id 039E647F97; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 16:54:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from magni.microcell.ca (localhost.microcell.ca [127.0.0.1]) by magni.microcell.ca (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBHLvBqY038592; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 16:57:11 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from SoHo@admin.fido.ca) Received: (from ebaroud@localhost) by magni.microcell.ca (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBHLvB4F038591; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 16:57:11 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: magni.microcell.ca: ebaroud set sender to SoHo@admin.fido.ca using -f Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 16:57:11 -0500 From: Edmond Baroud To: Ricky Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -U mask help plz Message-ID: <20021217215711.GA38527@admin.fido.ca> References: <002601c2a615$b11a9ab0$0a00a8c0@papabear> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <002601c2a615$b11a9ab0$0a00a8c0@papabear> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: Microcell X-URL: http://www.fido.ca/ X-Sanitizer: This message has been sanitized! X-Sanitizer-Rev: $Id: Sanitizer.pm,v 1.25 2001/09/04 15:49:11 bre Exp $ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I recommend using the mode bits for users with some or no experience with modes, its easier to memorize.. chmod u-x /your/dir this will remove the execution bit for the user of /your/dir chmod gu-x will remove it for both the user and the group chmod gou-x will remove it for everyone, ie: group, others and user. man chmod *rtfm* ;) I'm bored... Ed. Quoting Ricky (unixnoob@charter.net): > i want ftp members on pure-ftpd to create, delete, etx... just no execute > i guess > > what mask should i use like 022:022 or 077:077 > i lost here > TX RD > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Edmond Baroud UNIX Systems Admin mailto:SoHo@admin.fido.ca Fingerprint 140F 5FD5 3FDD 45D9 226D 9602 8C3D EAFB 4E19 BEF9 "UNIX is very user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message