Re: Bug#80343: general: Lack of policy on which files should be owned by which user
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 12:38:28PM +0200, Eray Ozkural (exa) wrote:
> > No, but it's a good idea. It makes it much easier to work in
> > directories shared with other users (but not all users), because
> > you don't have to keep changing your umask all the time, or
> > even worse, fixing file permissions because you (or somebody
> > else) forgot to change their umask.
> [...]
> How does giving every user his own group makes it easier for
> him to share files without system administrator's intervention?
> I couldn't guite get it, sorry I just woke up but I simply
> don't understand it. A small example?
It allows users to set their default umask to allow group access. That way,
when they are working in their own directories, their files will only be
readable/writable/etc. by themselves, and when working in a shared directory,
the files will be readable/writable/etc. by other members of the group. All
without having to change the umask or set any permissions manually.
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- mdz
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