On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Margaret_Doll wrote: > I should have stated that I am using RedHat 9, upgraded to 2.4.20-24.9. > > I believe I am looking for the file permissions that one can use on > Novell systems > or the ACL capabilities that VMS has. man umask > > On Monday, February 9, 2004, at 11:43 AM, Margaret_Doll wrote: > > > In general I want the user to be the only one to have rwx permissions > > on a directory and the files in the directory. > > > > However, there are some directories to which I want the group and > > owner to have rwx permissions. I find that > > as a member of the group add files to the "group" directory, the > > permissions are not set for the group to write > > or execute these files. > > > > How do I change the default permission setup on a few directories? > > > > As is > > > > 4 drwxrwx--- 3 user1 jointgroup 4096 Feb 9 11:03 . > > 4 drwx--x--- 3 user1 jointgroup 4096 Feb 9 11:03 .. > > 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 user2 jointgroup 0 Feb 9 11:01 > > newfile > > > > > > I want > > > > > > 4 drwxrwx--- 3 user1 jointgroup 4096 Feb 9 11:03 . > > 4 drwx--x--- 3 user1 jointgroup 4096 Feb 9 11:03 .. > > 0 -rwxrwx--- 1 user2 jointgroup 0 Feb 9 11:01 > > newfile > > > > > > -- > > Shrike-list mailing list > > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > > > > > -- Aj. Sys. Admin / Developer -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list