[Gllug] File permissions and umask on Ubuntu (and I think probably, Debian)

[Progga]

On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 08:44:32PM +0000, Tethys wrote:
> 
> >	1. Why is this shared-dir thing giving us so much trouble?  Why didn't
> >	it come to anyone in the 28 year long history of Unix that there should
> >	be a very simple and easy solution?  Really strange!
> 
> It did. That's what setgid directories and a suitable umask give you.
> The problem here is that various bugs were resulting in the incorrect
> umask being used.

I mean without touching the umask.  It's effecting everything - those that I
want and those that I don't want.  ACL is allowing me to achieve what I want,
but it's not supported everywhere.

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