From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 22 13: 2:55 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C23BD14A2F for ; Mon, 22 Mar 1999 13:02:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Mon, 22 Mar 1999 16:02:44 -0500 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A5FB3@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: 'Jonathan Chen' Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Changing groups Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 16:03:23 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I did notice something to the effect but I wasn't sure.. my questions is.. does this apply even if the user isn't a member of that group? -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Chen [SMTP:jonc@pinnacle.co.nz] > Sent: Monday, March 22, 1999 3:54 PM > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: Changing groups > > On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Christopher Michaels wrote: > > > Are we talking to permanently change the default GID of new files, or > are we > > talking on a per file basis? > > - To permanently change the default group needed, you would have to > edit > > the password file and change that users group (vipw). > > - To change the group ownership of specific files, just use one of the > > following. > > chgrp > > chown : > > > > Actually, under the BSD file creation semantics; any new file created > in a directory will get the directory's group-id by default. So all > you need to do is to create the directory with the correct group-id > required. > > Jonathan Chen > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Do not take life too seriously. > You will never get out of it alive. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message