> -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Go, Jeffrey > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 1:21 PM > To: 'redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: Changing owners recursively > > > Hello all > > > > 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? > Turn the group sticky bit on for all the directories. chmod g+s [dirname] or chmod 1[mode] [dirname] (e.g. instead of chmod 755 dirname, chmod 1755 dirname). You could do a chmod -R g+s [dirname] as the group sticky doesn't affect regular file, but if you want to keep it looking clean find [dirname] -type d -print |xargs chmod g+s you might want to do a find [dirname] -type d -print |xargs ls -ld just to get a listing of the directory names you will be chmod'ing before you do the actual chmod Ben > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
