On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 20:17, Alan Dayley wrote:
> I have googled and checked the PLUG archive but I can't come up with the
> right search terms to hit the answer to this problem.
>
> Let's say that one Linux computer is shared by two people. They take
> turns logging in and all is well. However, they have created a directory
> called /shared for sharing files between each other. UserA creates a
> document or other file and saves it as /shared/file1. When UserB logs in
> they want to edit /shared/file1. But the owner and group permissions on
> /shared/file1 are set to UserA and UserB can't edit and save it.
>
> Both UserA and UserB are in the group Users. If /shared/file1 is set to
> group Users, they now can both access it. But, as soon as one creates a
> new file, like /shared/file2, it has the group set to the user who created
> it!
>
> How does one set the permissions and ownership of the /shared directory
> such that all files created there have the correct group always set no
> matter which user is the owner?
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chmod g+s /shared
Craig
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