Hi,

I have a directory with files and sub-directories. Users write files to it by using copy/create/tar/ftp etc.

I want this directory to have default permissions of 775 (for its files and sub-dir as well). I tried the below 2 ways but they are not upto my exact requirement so i need a better way of doing it.

1. system-wide umask: it is working only when a file is created (not copied/ftpd etc.) in that directory.

2. CRON job for setting permissions: As there're millions of files, resetting permissions periodically (using cron) found to be impacting on server performance. I tried applying chmod only on the recent files but still it's taking long enough to keep server loaded.

Any solution would highly be appreciated.


TIA
Prvn