On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 at 10:51am (-0700), Carl Riches wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Pete Nesbitt wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > What Unix are you using? Solaris works the same as RH. > > This is how it worked under Ultrix, and later under OSF1/Digital Unix/ > Compaq Tru64 Unix. > > > Anyway, use "chmod 2775 dir_name" (not 1775 which sets suid) > > That sets the directory to SGID and will result in any files or sub-dirs > > created within 'dir_name' will have the creators owner and the directories > > group. > > If you prefer letters instead of the nuimber permissions, > > it is "chmod g+s dir_name" > > Thanks. Actually, I was able to answer this question myself doing a web > search on the terms "linux inherit group ownership". It took writing to > this mailing list before I was able to make a coherent enough statement of > the problem to do the web search. > Although it sounds like the chmod has fixed your problem, it may be worth noting that if you mount a filesystem with the 'grpid' option under linux it will behave the same as you would expect from your other *nx systems. M. -- WebCentral Pty Ltd Australia's #1 Internet Web Hosting Company Level 5, 100 Wickham St. Network Operations - Senior Systems Eng PO Box 930, Fortitude Valley. phone: +61 7 3230 7371 Queensland, Australia 4006. pgp key id: 0x900E515F -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
