Hi. On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Matthew Hannigan <m...@zip.com.au> wrote:
> > Grant Street <gra...@al.com.au> gave the answer previously, > chmod 2755 topdir > > which sets the setgid (the 2) and relaxed perms (the 755) > But this didnt fix the existing dirs group ownership. > Also you might want 775 instead of 755. > > See below for my take. > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 08:44:41PM +1030, Glen Turner wrote: > [ .. ] > > directory -- search for "sticky bit on directory". Even that might not > > not sticky bit, setgid bit (common mistake) > > > give the group access, it depends on the user's umask. > > The better couple of invocations are: > > chmod g+s topdir # set topdir setgid bit so group ownership is > preserved > > chgrp -hR SOMEGRP topdir # repair group of existing files > and dirs > chmod -R g+rwX,o+rX topdir # to repair permissions for > existing files and dirs > > I tend to use symbolic rather than octal, > tends to be easier to remember and more precise/accurate. > > PS. exercise for the reader , find out what the -h and the capital X do > (they're important!) > > Your points taken on the 775 and the -h and -X options Thanks. L. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
