Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:23:33 +0000 From: Thomas Adam <thomas.adam22@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: perrin@apotheon.com Subject: Re: GUI for file permissions management Message-ID: <18071eea0911191123sdee2958ve7fafea5d2912dd0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20091119190507.GA26507@guilt.hydra> References: <20091119070623.GB18533@guilt.hydra> <18071eea0911190022o6651d767l6cbbb5a14ac07166@mail.gmail.com> <20091119190507.GA26507@guilt.hydra>
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2009/11/19 Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>: > 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
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