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Subject: Re: Is this possible ? inherit group permissions
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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.