files in directory inherit group permissions as well as ID

[Alex Janssen]

GyroTech said the following on 07/29/2007 05:45 AM:
> Hello all,
> Is there a way for files in a directory to not only inherit the group ID 
> (chmod g+s) but the group permissions too?? umask only seems to hold 
> true on a per-user, per-session basis and affects all files created by 
> that user. Is there a way for just these files in one directory to 
> inherit the group id and group permissions of the directory regardless 
> of user writing to it??
>
> Thanks,
>
> GT
>
>   
You could make a global umask setting in /etc/profile and then make sure 
all users are in the group that has access to the subject directory.  I 
don't know of a way to make it directory centric.
HTH,
Alex

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