Package: coreutils Version: 8.21 When 'install' creates nested directories the options for owner,group and mode are only applied to the deepest directory.
Example, when I run as root : install -o "www-data" -g "models" --mode=2775 -d /tmp/00/00/00/00 ls -la /tmp/00/00/00/00 drwxrwsr-x 2 www-data models 4096 Jan 21 16:38 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 21 16:38 .. This shows that /tmp/00/00/00/ is owned by root:root and has 755 as permissions. The same holds for the just created /tmp/00/00/ and /tmp/00/ . Only /tmp/00/00/00/00/ is correct. All created directories should get the given owner,group and mode options. System: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS GNU coreutils 8.21 (deb 8.21-1ubuntu5.3 amd64) -- Hans Lambermont
