1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I am setting up an area on a unix server where multiple people will be editing web pages. Can anyone tell me how to set it up the directory and subdirectories so that when a user creates a new file, it defaults to permissions of 664 or 775? I've tried using umask but from what I can... (1 Reply)

2. AIX

Hi, Please give me the detailed Differences between writing Unix Shell script and AIX Shell Scripts. Thanks in advance..... (0 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I'm in the process of writing a system (in Java) where a user can register to become a member of a website. When they register, a collection of directories and files get created by the application. For example if a user with the name 'fred' registered they would get the following drwxr-xr-x... (0 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I've been told I need to set the permissions for everything in the htdocs folder to 777, but how do I go about doing this? Thanks:o (9 Replies)

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi all, I have user called "Z". The home directory is /home/Z. I have another directory /home/Z/OP. Within /home/Z/OP, i have 2 directories /home/Z/OP/OP1 and /home/Z/OP2. I want to restrict access for Z to only access /home/Z/OP and /home/Z/OP1 and /home/Z/OP2. What kind of... (4 Replies)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I'm trying to setup a directory structure for my staff which enables them full access to files in the directories with their name, and have access to anything in the shared directory. The directory structure looks like this: root@www10 # ls -l total 56 drwxr-xr-x 7 internal internal 4096... (3 Replies)

7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

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,... (2 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

I've got a number of people sending files to me in different directory structures, and users on many different groups who need access to these incoming paths. My problem is that umask assumes a default of 666 for files. No execute bit, meaning that my users can't even see the incoming folders.... (2 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello All, I am in the process of finding the permissions on all the files that exists in two directories: Dir1: PROD_Scripts/* Dir2: STAGE_Scripts/* Both the Directories have some shell and perl scripts respectively. Step1: Finding all the Scripts that exists in PROD but Not in STAGE.... (2 Replies)

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I'm working in a linux server where wrappers are executed by multiple users of different groups. The log and output files are created with 554 permissions by default. This is stopping other users to run the wrappers unless the log and output files are deleted or given 777 permission. Setting SUID... (1 Reply)