Re: [opensuse] Re: Is it possible to set group permissions = owner permissions

2006-12-22 Thread Mike Noble
Why not just edit the files by hand, it really is not that difficult, you only have /etc/group, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow. For large companies most of them are using NFS and NIS so this makes it really easy. Mike On Wednesday 20 December 2006 06:46, James Knott wrote: Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:

Re: [opensuse] Re: Is it possible to set group permissions = owner permissions

2006-12-22 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Dec 22 2006 08:33, Mike Noble wrote: Why not just edit the files by hand, it really is not that difficult, you only have /etc/group, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow. For large companies most of them are using NFS and NIS so this makes it really easy. *cough* ldap *cough* nss_mysql *cough* scnr

Re: [opensuse] Re: Is it possible to set group permissions = owner permissions

2006-12-20 Thread Dr. Werner Fink
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 10:19:42PM -0600, Greg Wallace wrote: On Tuesday, December 19, 2006 @ 5:15 AM, Joachim Schrod wrote: Greg Wallace wrote: I would like to go through all files and subdirectories of a directory and set the group permissions equal to the owner permissions. Is there a

Re: [opensuse] Re: Is it possible to set group permissions = owner permissions

2006-12-20 Thread James Knott
Greg Wallace wrote: On Tuesday, December 19, 2006 @ 5:15 AM, Joachim Schrod wrote: Greg Wallace wrote: I would like to go through all files and subdirectories of a directory and set the group permissions equal to the owner permissions. Is there a command that will do

Re: [opensuse] Re: Is it possible to set group permissions = owner permissions

2006-12-20 Thread Martin Mielke
Hi, you can always issue a chmod 701 $HOME after your user has been created... HTH, Martin - Original Message From: James Knott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: SuSE Linux opensuse@opensuse.org Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:39:18 PM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Re: Is it possible to set group

Re: [opensuse] Re: Is it possible to set group permissions = owner permissions

2006-12-20 Thread James Knott
Martin Mielke wrote: Hi, you can always issue a chmod 701 $HOME after your user has been created... While that's easy enough to do on a home system, if you're running a large network with many users, it's another thing that has to be done. Why not just have a check box for such an option?

Re: [opensuse] Re: Is it possible to set group permissions = owner permissions

2006-12-20 Thread Joe Morris (NTM)
James Knott wrote: Martin Mielke wrote: Hi, you can always issue a chmod 701 $HOME after your user has been created... While that's easy enough to do on a home system, if you're running a large network with many users, it's another thing that has to be done. Why not just

Re: [opensuse] Re: Is it possible to set group permissions = owner permissions

2006-12-20 Thread James Knott
Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: James Knott wrote: Martin Mielke wrote: Hi, you can always issue a chmod 701 $HOME after your user has been created... While that's easy enough to do on a home system, if you're running a large network with many users, it's another thing that

[opensuse] Re: Is it possible to set group permissions = owner permissions

2006-12-20 Thread Joachim Schrod
Greg Wallace wrote: On Tuesday, December 19, 2006 @ 5:15 AM, Joachim Schrod wrote: Greg Wallace wrote: I would like to go through all files and subdirectories of a directory and set the group permissions equal to the owner permissions. Is there a command that will do this? This directory

RE: [opensuse] Re: Is it possible to set group permissions = owner permissions

2006-12-19 Thread Greg Wallace
On Tuesday, December 19, 2006 @ 5:15 AM, Joachim Schrod wrote: Greg Wallace wrote: I would like to go through all files and subdirectories of a directory and set the group permissions equal to the owner permissions. Is there a command that will do this? This directory has thousands of files