Inherit ACL, when copying to folder

Undermind · 06-06-2011, 03:53 AM

Hello there

I've ran into a pickle regarding permissions and ACL. My users has a folder called "UVdokumenter", in wich they want to put documents up for sharing and editing. Everyone needs to be able to edit the files in that folder, so i set the ACL to this:

Code:

# file: UVdokumenter/
# owner: fleten
# group: sambashare
user::rwx
group::rwx
mask::rwx
other::---
default:user::rwx
default:group::rwx
default:group:sambashare:rwx
default:mask::rwx
default:other::rwx

This works wonderfully, if the files are created in the folder. My trouble is, i would like for any files copied to the folder to inherit those permissions. Reading around, it would seem like ACL's dont bend that way. Is there a clever way for me to work around this? Or am i missing something obvious?

Regards, and thanks in advance

manyrootsofallevil · 06-06-2011, 06:07 AM

You could run a cron job every minute, that sets the permissions and ACLs to what you need them to be.

Undermind · 06-07-2011, 01:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by manyrootsofallevil

You could run a cron job every minute, that sets the permissions and ACLs to what you need them to be.

I have thought of that solution too myself. I wonder, though, if there is a smarter way to do this. I believe MS Server's shares automatically changes file permissions when a file is moved. But if thats the only solution there is, that is what i will do. Thanks for your time

Reuti · 06-08-2011, 04:27 AM

What about replacing the cp by a cat:

Code:

$ cat myfile > mydestination

Then the files should be newly created at the destination.

Undermind · 06-09-2011, 02:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reuti

What about replacing the cp by a cat:

Code:

$ cat myfile > mydestination

Then the files should be newly created at the destination.

I think it would be tricky to implement in practice, as my users aren't excactly console cowboys. I'll look into it though