On 11/19/2012 12:06 PM, Milovan Krivokapić wrote: > Hi, a quick question: > I have a problem regarding file permissions on NFS. Umask works for > new files well, but if I get a file via Skype with permission like 600 > and then I put that file on NFS, it keeps permission 600 thus others > from a group cant use it at all (I am sharing files via common group). > > So the question is how to enforce some default file / folder > permission on NFS? So in this example, I put file on NFS as client > with 600 and it turns into 660 or similar (kind like a mask). I don't think you can... but the current behavior seems like the right thing to do, since changing permissions on files could create security problems. The best workaround I can come up with is creating a cron job to change permissions on everything in the directory (or if you're creative enough, just the new files). Good luck! - Bryan > > Is it even possible or you have any suggestions? > Debian 6 is a NFS server, clients are Kubuntu 12.04.1 stations that > mounted NFS exported folder. > > Thank you very much in advance. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html