From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 19 19:23:54 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E72B9106566C for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:23:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thomas.adam22@gmail.com) Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com (gv-out-0910.google.com [216.239.58.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A7B98FC1C for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:23:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id p33so460043gvf.39 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:23:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=LfMGMiQgLU/AEK2HXCN4mf6bQ43qP3i2srOYJtgtkGk=; b=RgC2xtfP6aVKB9l4TLEchsX3nm7ws16hDfps2qiQF5lMMXrhpwnIv7r3ZCGnP5311K qp8pDSx3FhqGKD+4SSfAwYhaNnv0FNh8oGDeYztqr6OS5rfCbIvnjS6Tx1ceX7nd9mf/ QJGVzy7eZpY8dzHVqatrw456xyEIxZHRlCSK0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=WC3+eBkmhRFQQX2xmmzlLQEEkjLop3NaCN2R+5ufSLa7Z7n5QzUDb0ntHbO44Omv3O jHMv6CmGcChx55LlvMnECjqFR6oRec5xqgr8iHtsJPBNRqU3tkz/+4WKYsCvK7CREVax sdfEaYDDfJsnBbpsXmf6JGvRf9fIysXnN2V7Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.89.205 with SMTP id c55mr105988wef.186.1258658633075; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:23:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20091119190507.GA26507@guilt.hydra> References: <20091119070623.GB18533@guilt.hydra> <18071eea0911190022o6651d767l6cbbb5a14ac07166@mail.gmail.com> <20091119190507.GA26507@guilt.hydra> From: Thomas Adam Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:23:33 +0000 Message-ID: <18071eea0911191123sdee2958ve7fafea5d2912dd0@mail.gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: perrin@apotheon.com Subject: Re: GUI for file permissions management X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:23:55 -0000 2009/11/19 Chad Perrin : > Those are all filesystem browsers/managers -- right? =A0I've already told > the person who asked that many such applications have that kind of > functionality. =A0In my initial question to this list, I said: I know what you mentioned -- unfortunately you're only going to find what you want as *part* of something much larger -- in this case a file manager. And in the examples I gave, those are considered light-weight, especially midnight commander. > Do you know if there's anything like *that* available, rather than an > entire filesystem browser/manager application that just happens to also > have a way to change permissions on files and directories? See above. I have never come across anything standalone, and at this point, given your somewhat unique requirements, you might be better off writing one yourself perhaps in Tk or something. :) > Also . . . do any of the applications you mentioned provide a way to > manage things like umasks or home directory default permissions? =A0In my > original post to this list, I had also mentioned that sort of thing: This would be more beneficial as a shell setting -- changing one's umask at the drop of a hat is almost always the wrong thing to do. >> > =A0login.conf or adduser.conf configuration > > . . . though I'm not holding my breath on that. =A0I rather suspect > managing umasks in login.conf and user directory default permissions in > adduser.conf is not something anyone has bothered to incorporate in a GUI > interface. Correct, see above. It's not something one would interactively change. especially as it's a shell setting -- so this GUI app would have a hard time enforcing it (c.f. interactive shell instances already open.) Kindly, -- Thomas Adam