On 22:21 28 Jan 2004, Go, Jeffrey <jeffrey.go@xxxxxxx> wrote:
| I have a directory that I have used the command "chown -R user:group dir".
| The existing files created get their owners and groups changed.
|
| However, subsequently, when creating new files under the same directory, the user and group revert to root:root.
|
| What command will I need to use to make sure new files created have the same group?
You need to add the setgid bit to the directories:
find dir -type d -exec chmod g+s {} ';'
And make sure your users' umasks are set up for shared group work, which
generally means they grant group-write to stuff, and thus are 002 or 007.
Of course, this depends on your policies.
Cheers,
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