Re: chmod help

["E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)" <tgakem@sg10.chem.tue.nl>]

> 
> *-debianuser@jkeating.static.execpc.com (Default Debian Reader)
> |
> | How can i change the perms on a directory so that a file that is copied into that directory is automatically owned by another user and group?
> 
> You can't. Two suggestions:
> 
> * Use chown -R to change ownership of all files i a directory
> * Write a shell function (cp) that just copies normally but copies
>   and changes owner and group if the destination is that directory
>   (if you're really desperate ;-)

Don't know if anyone mentioned it already, but you can actually do this
for the group ownership.  If you do a `chmod g+s <dir>', new files
created in this directory will get the same group.

HTH,
Eric

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