Locally shared folder - permissions problem [SOLVED]

scar · 2014-12-27 10:08:31

Well, I've posted this under system administraition, I hope it belongs here.

I have a box where I wanted to share a folder between some local users.
I've created a directory - let's say "/home/shared" - where the directory owner is "shareowner" and the group is "sharegroup".
My local users were added to the "sharegroup" group.
The whole directory is chmod-ed with chmod 2775
All the local users have "umask 002" in ~/.profile

When I create new directories and files, all the permissions are correct (775 for dirs and 664 for files),
but when I try to copy already existing files to the shared directory, the files keep their previously assigned permissions.

What can I do for getting the right permissions for the copied files too?

Last edited by scar (2014-12-28 08:57:36)

fsckd · 2014-12-27 13:56:53

How do you copy files?

Lone_Wolf · 2014-12-27 14:05:32

I'm 99% sure default setting for copy is to preserve attributes like those.

Some filemanagers (like midnight commander) allow you to change that setting.

Some alternatives :
- use cp --no-preserve=mode,ownership <something> .
That is supposed to use the default attributes for the destination folder/file when copying, check cp manpage for details.
to make it easy for users to use, you could create an alias for it.

- use chown / chmod commands after copying

Xyne · 2014-12-27 16:05:23

Lone_Wolf wrote:

- use chown / chmod commands after copying

autochown was designed for this scenario.

scar · 2014-12-27 17:49:50

We copy files using a file manager (thunar).
CLI cannot be an option, as my users do not know anything about it. And I'm fine with it.
I'm a bit tired, but tomorrow I'll try autochown.

scar · 2014-12-28 08:57:18

Autochown seems to work for me, thank you (by the way, it is really cool...)

Thank you, guys

Xyne · 2014-12-28 14:01:29

scar wrote:

Autochown seems to work for me, thank you (by the way, it is really cool...)
Thank you, guys

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Locally shared folder - permissions problem [SOLVED]

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Re: Locally shared folder - permissions problem [SOLVED]

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Re: Locally shared folder - permissions problem [SOLVED]

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