04-19-2011
Automate setting of group permissions
What would be a practical way of making sure files I upload to/edit in a particular directory on a server always have the correct group permissions?
I'm forgetful, so I try to automate things like chgrp'ing the files when I'm done. I could write a script to be run by cron. Is that the only way, or are there any options/variables I can use with ssh and scp so that files created by my user automatically have the right group and permissions?
Note: Files should belong to a certain group if they are located in a certain directory, but elsewhere on the server, they should belong to my primary group.
(The story: This is a web server on which I have my personal homepage and on which there are also areas which need to be editable by the whole department. The admins have created a group for that, www-ourdept. How do I avoid forgetting to chgrp/chown the stuff after I'm done? Apart from using a post-it as reminder on the monitor of my PC, of course.)
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chown(8) System Manager's Manual chown(8)
Name
chown - change owner and, optionally, group
Syntax
/etc/chown [ -fR ] owner[.group] file...
Description
The command changes the owner and, optionally, group for one or more files and directories. The value for file can be a full or partial
path. The value for owner can be either a decimal UID or a login name found in the password file. The value for group can be either a
decimal GID or a group name found in the group file.
Only the superuser can change the ownership of a file. The superuser can also change the group of a file. The owner of a file can only
change the group, but the owner must be a member of any group specified.
Options
-f Inhibits display of errors that are returned when cannot change the owner or group of the specified files.
-R Causes to recursively descend any directories subordinate to file and to set the owner, group, or both for each file encountered.
When symbolic links are encountered, changes the owner and group for the link file itself but does not traverse the path associated
with the link. The option is useful only when file is a directory that is not empty.
Examples
Change the owner of to ecbell:
/etc/chown ecbell myfile
Change the owner of to craig and group of to admin:
/etc/chown craig.admin myfile
Change the owner to richart and group to eng for the directories and and for all files and directories on any levels subordinate to and
/etc/chown -R richart.eng projecta projectb
Files
See Also
chgrp(1), chown(2), group(5), group(5yp), passwd(5), passwd(5yp)
chown(8)