On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Mike Turcotte wrote: > That would be great if someone knew and could tell us how to set default > permissions on a specific directory.
In the case if the directory is NOT a mount point: This is done either from the command-line with `chmod' or if you want this as a default, create a startup script in your /etc/init.d/ directory and make sure it's executed at the right run-level. [depends on your GNU/Linux distro]. That way everytime your system starts-up the directory is set to the right permissions. If the directory is a mountpoint, umount and remount it with the permissions. /etc/fstab If you use samba, php, apache or any other deamon program to access your files set the file mask permissions in those programs correctly. And make sure the user & group settings under which these programs run on your system have the right permissions todo so. > The info that has been given here has been a help though, so thanks > everyone for helping me out! > > Michael Turcotte > Information Systems > City of North Bay > 200 McIntyre St. E > PO Box 360 > North Bay, Ontario > P1B 8H8 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.cityofnorthbay.ca > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:linux-newbie- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ray Olszewski > > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:51 AM > > To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org > > Subject: RE: Simple script to set permissions on folders daily - write > > script and cron it? > > > > At 09:31 AM 3/29/2005 -0500, Mike Turcotte wrote: > > >I am fairly new to the linux scene, and I am currently using Gentoo > > >Linux. How exactly do I go about setting a global default umask value > to > > >set 777 permissions on a particular folder and its contents? > > [...] > > > > You don't. That's not how umask works. Instead, it sets default > > permissions > > for *all* files saved by a particular account (userid). > > > > If you want to make this change for all userids (or all except root), > do > > it > > in some file that sets the environment globally. For the bash shell, > this > > is probably /etc/profile (that's the standard one, and I imagine > Gentoo > > follows the standard). For example, my /etc/profile file contains this > > line: > > > > umask 022 > > > > A umask is the (octal) inverse of permissions, so this sets the > default > > permissions to 755. For a default of 777, set the umask to 000. > > > > If you want to make the change for specific accounts (userids), put a > line > > to reset the umash in that account's individual configuration file. > This > > varies in name a bitr more than systemwide files, but ones to look for > are > > (in the account's home directory) .profile, .bash_profile, or .bashrc > (use > > "ls -a" to display filenames that begin with a .). > > > > I don't know of a way to set default permissions for a specific > directory > > only, which is why I didn't discourage Eve from taking the approach > she > > described for her problem. Perhaps someone else does, though ... we'll > > have > > to wait and see. > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-newbie" in > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > Tuesday, March 29 18:53:43 -- http://www.rdrs.net/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
