On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 01:49:40PM +0000, Andrew Critchlow wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:30:34 +0100 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:17:46 +0000 > > "Andrew Critchlow" <[EMAIL
> > PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > then /test/file I then use the command "chmod g+s test", now when I
> > > look at file using "ls -l" the group permissions for the file are
> > > still the same as they were originally?Am I doing something wrong?
> >
> > The message you responded to didn't make it clear that this would
> > only affect files created after the change to the directory. To change
> > settings to all files and sub-directories within the base directory,
> > you need to use the -R (recursive) option.
>
> Should the files that have picked up the permisions read exactly the same as
> the folder, I did what
> you suggested, chmod g+s -R test and now the other files have shown up as:
> /test = drwsr--r--
At this point the directory is set as readable by group and world;
however, directories must be marked "executable" to allow seeing
the contents.
> then I issue chmod g+s -R test
> /test = drwsr-Sr--
The capital "S" shows that the sticky bit is set, vs a small "s"
which implies that "x" is also set. I think you'll see the effect
you're looking for by doing chmod g+x for each directory. I'd do
this using find, e.g., one of:
find /test -type d -exec chmod g+x {} \;
find /test -type d | xargs chmod g+x
<aside>
A habit I find useful is to first run these commands with echo to
see what's going to happen, so,
find /test -type d -exec echo chmod g+x {} \;
find /test -type d | xargs echo chmod g+x
</aside>
> then I create a file within test
> cd test
> touch file
> and file permission are:
> /test/file = -rw-r--r--
>
> this look correct?
You're not showing the owner and group identifiers, so it's hard to
say. Also, a common "gotcha" is that you need to log out & in after
adding your user id to a group.
Ken
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