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Date:      23 May 2005 09:19:57 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        cs <cs-fbsd@ctzen.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Is this possible ? inherit group permissions
Message-ID:  <44wtpq13lu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <42900CC6.4090701@ctzen.com>
References:  <42900CC6.4090701@ctzen.com>

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cs <cs-fbsd@ctzen.com> writes:

> For a directory, e.g. foo/, if I chmod 775 foo/, is it possible for
> newly created files and directories under foo/ to automagically
> inherit the group permissions of foo ?
> 
> e.g.
> touch foo/test would be rw-rw-r--
> mkdir foo/sub would be rwxrwxr-x
> 
> I am looking for a non umask solution.
> 
> I seem to remember in debian, I was able to make the group permissions
> of the parent directory special for this magic to occur.
> 
> I wonder if there is something similar in FBSD.

If you set the suid bit, both owner *and* group will be set. 



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