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by **Glen** » Mon, 25 Mar 2002 13:50:02

I've got a directory (/var/shared) that is owned by root:shared, and is
in mode 770. Two users (glen and ewan) are members of the 'shared'
group. If I do `touch /var/shared/foo` as 'glen', then the file 'foo' is
owned by glen:glen. Is there any way to configure the directory so that
the new file is automagically owned by root:shared, or at least
glen:shared?

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by **Michael Heimin** » Mon, 25 Mar 2002 23:58:55

Quote:> I've got a directory (/var/shared) that is owned by root:shared,
> and is
> in mode 770. Two users (glen and ewan) are members of the
> 'shared'
> group. If I do `touch /var/shared/foo` as 'glen', then the file
> 'foo' is
> owned by glen:glen. Is there any way to configure the directory
> so that the new file is automagically owned by root:shared, or at
> least glen:shared?

You don't want root:shared, glen:shared should be no problem.
Try:
'man newgrp'

Michael Heiming
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by **Richard Howlet** » Tue, 26 Mar 2002 04:16:09

> I've got a directory (/var/shared) that is owned by root:shared, and is
> in mode 770. Two users (glen and ewan) are members of the 'shared'
> group. If I do `touch /var/shared/foo` as 'glen', then the file 'foo' is
> owned by glen:glen. Is there any way to configure the directory so that
> the new file is automagically owned by root:shared, or at least
> glen:shared?

man chmod and look for the text about the "group set bit".
Essentially you need to do something like: chmod g+ws /var/shared

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by **those who know me have no need of my nam** » Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:47:08

Quote:>I've got a directory (/var/shared) that is owned by root:shared, and is
>in mode 770. Two users (glen and ewan) are members of the 'shared'
>group. If I do `touch /var/shared/foo` as 'glen', then the file 'foo' is
>owned by glen:glen. Is there any way to configure the directory so that
>the new file is automagically owned by root:shared, or at least
>glen:shared?

other responses have described forcing the group. in order to force the
owner your system has to support acl's that can do that, and since you
didn't mention what system you are using i won't try to guess the answer.
but you can look at your system's documentation to find it.

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by **Glen** » Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:11:38

> man chmod and look for the text about the "group set bit". Essentially
> you need to do something like: chmod g+ws /var/shared

Thanks mate ... that did it :)

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by **Frank Winkle** » Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:40:55

> I've got a directory (/var/shared) that is owned by root:shared, and is
> in mode 770. Two users (glen and ewan) are members of the 'shared'
> group. If I do `touch /var/shared/foo` as 'glen', then the file 'foo' is
> owned by glen:glen. Is there any way to configure the directory so that
> the new file is automagically owned by root:shared, or at least
> glen:shared?

If you set the 's' bit for the directory, new files will get the correct
GID: 'chmod g+s /var/shared'

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