From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 12 09:49:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA16868 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 09:49:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sumatra.americantv.com (sumatra.americantv.com [207.170.17.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA16857 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 09:49:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from right.PCS (right.PCS [148.105.10.31]) by sumatra.americantv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA14707; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 11:49:04 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from jlemon@localhost) by right.PCS (8.6.13/8.6.4) id LAA10741; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 11:48:32 -0500 Message-ID: <19970912114832.52829@right.PCS> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 11:48:32 -0500 From: Jonathan Lemon To: Doug Jolley Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Default file group References: <199709121540.IAA04009@neptune.neptune.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.61.1 In-Reply-To: <199709121540.IAA04009@neptune.neptune.net>; from Doug Jolley on Sep 09, 1997 at 08:40:58AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sep 09, 1997 at 08:40:58AM -0700, Doug Jolley wrote: > Is there any way I can set things up so that, by default, > when a file is created it is assigned to a group other > than the group of the creator? Thanks for any input. If you set the sticky-group bit (chmod g+s) on a directory, then any file created within that directory will have the same group as the directory entry. -- Jonathan