Umask on a directory?

Rotwang · 07-05-2006, 03:41 PM

I have a directory. Everytime I create a file in that directory, or any subdirectory, I want the permissions of the file I create to be 664 without having to chmod it.

But I only want this to happen in that directory and it's subdirectorys- not *every* file I ever create *anywhere*.

Can I do that?

peter72 · 07-05-2006, 05:02 PM

You can set it so they all have the same group. Set the gid sticky bit. You can manage it a little bit with groups.

Code:

user@comp>$ chmod g+sw directory 
or 
user@comp>$ chmod 2775 directory

Any files/directories created within that directory will have the same shared group. As far as a directory umask setting, there isn't one I know of. You may also be able to do it with ACL's, but my knowledge of ACL's is limited to that other OS.

Cheers,
Pete