[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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