Hello All,

I've been given the task of administering a Debian Linux server that runs pretty well and has only needed the occasional user added etc.

The server has a public folder that is accessible to everyone on the network (10 users). New folders and files are created all the time (very neat users!) and it seems that when 3 of the users create new files or folders, they are created with no 'write' permissions for other users in the group or 'everyone'.
As a result, the other 7 users can view these files and folders, but not modify them.

I can reset this by using chmod, but of course as soon as a new file/folder is created the problem starts again.

I'm a complete newbie and would appreciate any advice on how to view & change the default file/folder permissions for a user (if that is the problem!)

Thanks in advance

Dave.

I want to say that if you chmod g+s directoryname then all files/subdirectories will be created with the group permissions of directoryname.

You might google for this though since I'm a bit of a newbie myself and sometimes all the info I've read gets confused in my brain...

Here's another link from a quick google: http://www.udel.edu/topics/os/unix/g...upsharing.html

It's unix based, but should be okay. Not sure about the long command about setting the defaults...

May be the user's umask is not set as you want.
An umask 002 will create directories 0775 (drwxrwxr-x) and files 0664 (-rw-rw-r--).
This applies to every place they create dir/files, not just to a specific dir.

The pljvaldez's solution is more specific and may be the right choice for you.