From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 27 17:20:34 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96B5737B401 for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 17:20:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.destar.net (240-7-237-24-cable.anchorageak.net [24.237.7.240]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 265B243E4A for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 17:20:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonr@destar.net) Received: (qmail 93157 invoked by uid 5000); 28 Jan 2003 01:21:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.100?) (192.168.1.1) by 192.168.1.20 with SMTP; 28 Jan 2003 01:21:28 -0000 Subject: Re: chown and chmod using crontab? From: Jon Reynolds To: Mark Cc: FreeBSD Questions List In-Reply-To: <200301280101.H0S10T942361@asarian-host.net> References: <1043714644.1895.35.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200301280101.H0S10T942361@asarian-host.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1043716616.1894.41.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.1 Date: 27 Jan 2003 16:16:56 -0900 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 16:00, Mark wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jon Reynolds" > To: "FreeBSD Questions List" > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 1:44 AM > Subject: chown and chmod using crontab? > > > > I have a directory that 2 different groups have access to. > > When one group writes to the folder it retains the permissions > > of that group. I need the permissions to change to the permissions > > of the directory. > > > > I thought I could add a crontab in and run a little script every 1 > > minute to set the correct permissions. The script does what it > > should when ran by the cmdline but not when I try to run it > > from the crontab. > > > > Is it not possible to run chmod and chown on a folder by using a > > crontab? > > > If you have two different groups that need write access in a directory, the > obvious solution, to me, is not to change ownership at 1 minute intervals, > but to create a third group, and make the people of both groups a member of > that third group. Then you give that directory write acces for that third > group. > > - Mark > > System Administrator Asarian-host.org > > --- > "If you were supposed to understand it, > we wouldn't call it code." - FedEx It's a good thing simplicity can't punch you in the face. Thanks Mark. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message