[plug] public_html file permissions/cmask

[skribe]

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 07:58, Onno Benschop wrote:

> Uhm, not sure what you are asking here, but this will set all the files
> in a directory (and all the directories below it) to world readable:
>
> 	chmod -R o+r *

I think what he's asking is how do you get it to automagically save with the 
'right' permissions, rather than doing it manually.  

It's something I've pondered and so far come to the conclusion that the basic 
unix filesystem doesn't allow it.  I haven't really looked at ACLs.  It's not 
that an important consideration for me personally but it would be nice to 
know if it is possible.

An example:  my wife and I have a work directory.  We both create and modify 
files in that directory - us being members of the Work group and all.  The 
Work group has read, write and execute perms. When I create a file (say with 
OOo) I have to manually change the group to Work so my wife can work on the 
file.  This also happens sometimes when you modify the file too.  It would be 
nice if you could assign a 'template' upon a directory and say everything 
created or modified in this directory has the following perms and group 
ownership.  That's probably a gaping security hole, but it sure would be 
convenient - yes they're usually mutually exclusive.  

Anyone have a solution?

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