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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