[plug] user permission setting

[Carl Gherardi]

Others answered this but i'll throw in my 2c

On 11/03/2004, at 4:04 PM, Sol Hanna wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I got this simple problem which is turning out to be tricky cos I don't
> know the answer. ;-) Have man'd, info'd and google'd to no avail.
>
> I think it's something to do with umask, but I'm not sure how to set 
> it.
> When I create/save a file as a regular user, the default permission on
> that file is 644. I want to open this up (specifically on the NFS
> directory) to 664 so that different users in the "users" group can both
> read and write in each of the directories mounted ont he NFS directory
> (yes, this is desirable in this instance). But how?
>
> Any tips appreciated.
>
chmod g+w dir && chmod g+s dir
on what ever directories you need set is probably the simplest way - 
not changes to global .xshrc files necessary.

Carl Gherardi