Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 18:12:01 -0700 From: Thomas Vaughan <tomva@isilon.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Group owner of new files? Message-ID: <200208300112.g7U1CeUb088509@isilon.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20020829200154.020e3b90@mail.sage-one.net> References: <44k7m9n4lo.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <3.0.5.32.20020829200154.020e3b90@mail.sage-one.net>
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Hey all-
Random question about group ownership of new files.
Suppose I have a directory /pub with ownership
root + wheel, world-writeable.
If I log in as user foobar, group foobar, and
touch a file in /pub, I see (FreeBSD 5)
hostname$ ls -l
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 foobar wheel 0 Aug 29 14:51 foo
But under Solaris and Linux I see
hostname$ ls -l
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 foobar foobar 0 Aug 29 14:51 foo
So who is "correct"? It appears that in FreeBSD,
group ownership is determined by the directory, rather
than the user that created the file. Is that expected
behavior?
-Thomas
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