[Babase] permissions on papio

Leah Gerber lgerber at duke.edu
Fri Mar 31 11:25:09 EST 2006



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
>
> _______________________________________________
> Babase mailing list
> Babase at www.eco.princeton.edu
> http://www.eco.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/babase

Karl, I could find any examples for how to use this
setgid command. Could you give me an example of how to use it?

Thanks,
Leah


More information about the Babase mailing list