Re: How to replicate the behaviour of /usr/local

[Klistvud <quotations@aliceadsl.fr>]

Dne, 16. 10. 2009 12:19:03 je Cameron Hutchison napisal(a):
> Klistvud <quotations@aliceadsl.fr> writes:
> 
> >I have a shared directory on my system; what I'd like to achieve is 
> >making every newly created (or copied from elsewhere) file belong to 
> >the group owner "users". 
> 
> # chgrp users /path/to/shared/directory
> # chmod g+s /path/to/shared/directory
> 
> The set-group-id bit on a directory causes all files created in that
> directory to take the group id of the directory. Any directories
> created
> in that directory also take the group id of the parent directory and
> automatically have the set-group-id bit set on that directory. This
> causes the group id to propogate down the hierarchy as new 
> directories
> are created.
> 
> 
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Thanx. Your solution, though, only works for newly created files. Files 
*copied to* my shared dir from elsewhere still retain their original 
group ownership(s)... That never happens in usr/local.

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