Hi,

I have a folder called 'main' for which I want to force the user 'joe' and group 'administrators' for all subdirectories and all files created inside it. (This is because I want all files created in the folder 'main' to be accessible by both the employee 'joe' and the 'administrators', regardless of who creates the file)

I have successfully used the SGID (set group ID) sticky bit to force the group 'administrators', but I have not found a way to force the user 'joe' on all files. SUID (set user ID) sticky bit does not work for this, as this is not part of the allowed functionality of SUID for a directory.

I have searched forums and sites for hours with no luck. Any help is appreciated!!

Thanks!

I guess you already tried, but anyway....

Will the command above simply change the existing permissions as defined above or enforce the above permissions for all files created in the future?

I need a method to enforce the above permissions for all files created in the future.

Thanks!

AFAIK this command changes the ownage of existing files.

Any other file created here, will be from joe, administrator or any other user depending on the permissions set for user and group and the whole "main" folder (if administrator group does not have write permissions, there won't be any file from administrator group).

Not only you have to change ownage of folder and files, but also specify permissions for user and group for that folder and files.

Hope this helps!