> Date: Tue, February 14, 2012 9:38 am
> To: "lugod's technical discussion forum" <
vox-tech@lists.lugod.org>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 9:05 PM, <
timriley@appahost.com> wrote:
>
> > > -------- Original Message --------
> > > Subject: [vox-tech] Default directory permissions
> > > From: "Richard S. Crawford" <
richard@underpope.com>
> > > Date: Fri, February 10, 2012 5:17 pm
> > > To: "lugod's technical discussion forum" <
vox-tech@lists.lugod.org>
> > >
> > >
> > > I have a directory on my server which has several people that can write
> > to
> > > it. Each person has their own username but they all belong to the same
> > > group. I would like to make sure that every file and directory that is
> > > created in that directory are group-writable. In other words, if Rita
> > > (member of group psacln) creates a file or subdirectory, then Ginger
> > (also
> > > a member of group psacln) should be able to write to it or delete it, and
> > > vice versa.
> >
> > The way to achieve group collaboration is to have new files and
> > directories
> > become the group name of the group, not the default group name of the
> > creator. Also, new files and directories need to have the group's
> > write bit set. Here are the commands:
> >
> > 1) sudo chmod g+wxs .
> > 2) sudo chgrp psacln .
> > 3) sudo echo "umask 0002" >> /etc/profile
> >
> > The key is the s-bit set on the directory. This has the special meaning
> > of setting new files' and directories' group name to the group name
> > of the directory, not the creator.
> >
> > The umask command says to always turn on the group's write bit for new
> > files and directories.
> >
>
> All of the users are members of the group psacln and when they create files
> or upload them via FTP, the files have the correct group assignment.
> However, even after going through the steps you outlined above, new files
> are not created with the proper permissions.
> When I FTP test.test with
> Rita's account, the file has permissions -rw-r--r-- set. I need it to be
> -rw-rw-r--
