[Babase] permissions on papio
Karl O. Pinc
kop at meme.com
Fri Mar 31 19:33:56 EST 2006
On 03/31/2006 10:25:09 AM, Leah Gerber wrote:
>
>
> Karl O. Pinc wrote:
>>
>> On 03/28/2006 01:31:29 PM, Leah Gerber wrote:
>>> Hello Karl,
>>>
>>> When we transfer copies of Babase to papio should we be changing
>>> the permissions? As it is now I can't transfer a new version of the
>>> babase changes document that Catherine placed on papio earlier
>>> today. I would like to overwrite the copy she placed on Papio. I
>>> get an error message saying "permission denied". What permission is
>>> required for us to be able to overwrite files? Do we need group RWX
>>> permission?
>>
>> You need group rwx permission on the directory containing the files.
>> Otherwise you can't delete the old and add the new files to the
>> directory. In general, the directory should also be set-gid
>> (shows as s or S). Setgid ensures that newly created files have
>> the same group as their parent directory.
>>
>> Karl <kop at meme.com>
>> Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
>> -- Robert A. Heinlein
>>
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> Karl, I could find any examples for how to use this
> setgid command. Could you give me an example of how to use it?
It's not a command, it's a bit you set with chmod.
chmod g+s foo
Karl <kop at meme.com>
Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
-- Robert A. Heinlein
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