If the user account is only for delivering files and it fits to your environment, you could set a umask of 111 for this user to have all files with the same permissions that are created.
If you tend to use the cronjob, maybe just use another * instead of all these comma separated minutes. Have the output redirected to /dev/null to not spam your logs, ie. something like this:
It could be you will need absolute paths to find and chmod etc. or maybe just put it into a little script (I personally prefer that) and call this script via cron.
Depending on how the files are deliviered, maybe you can set a umask with the file transfer tool you are using.
Hello, I would like to know if there was any way I can change the default permissions for new files being generated within a certain directory.
Would I need to have the same permissions set at the directory level as for the files being generated in it.
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Rdgblues (1 Reply)
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chmod
CHMOD(1) FSF CHMOD(1)NAME
chmod - change file access permissions
SYNOPSIS
chmod [OPTION]... MODE[,MODE]... FILE...
chmod [OPTION]... OCTAL-MODE FILE...
chmod [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the GNU version of chmod. chmod changes the permissions of each given file according to mode, which can be
either a symbolic representation of changes to make, or an octal number representing the bit pattern for the new permissions.
The format of a symbolic mode is `[ugoa...][[+-=][rwxXstugo...]...][,...]'. Multiple symbolic operations can be given, separated by com-
mas.
A combination of the letters `ugoa' controls which users' access to the file will be changed: the user who owns it (u), other users in the
file's group (g), other users not in the file's group (o), or all users (a). If none of these are given, the effect is as if `a' were
given, but bits that are set in the umask are not affected.
The operator `+' causes the permissions selected to be added to the existing permissions of each file; `-' causes them to be removed; and
`=' causes them to be the only permissions that the file has.
The letters `rwxXstugo' select the new permissions for the affected users: read (r), write (w), execute (or access for directories) (x),
execute only if the file is a directory or already has execute permission for some user (X), set user or group ID on execution (s), sticky
(t), the permissions granted to the user who owns the file (u), the permissions granted to other users who are members of the file's group
(g), and the permissions granted to users that are in neither of the two preceding categories (o).
A numeric mode is from one to four octal digits (0-7), derived by adding up the bits with values 4, 2, and 1. Any omitted digits are
assumed to be leading zeros. The first digit selects the set user ID (4) and set group ID (2) and sticky (1) attributes. The second digit
selects permissions for the user who owns the file: read (4), write (2), and execute (1); the third selects permissions for other users in
the file's group, with the same values; and the fourth for other users not in the file's group, with the same values.
chmod never changes the permissions of symbolic links; the chmod system call cannot change their permissions. This is not a problem since
the permissions of symbolic links are never used. However, for each symbolic link listed on the command line, chmod changes the permis-
sions of the pointed-to file. In contrast, chmod ignores symbolic links encountered during recursive directory traversals.
STICKY FILES
On older Unix systems, the sticky bit caused executable files to be hoarded in swap space. This feature is not useful on modern VM sys-
tems, and the Linux kernel ignores the sticky bit on files. Other kernels may use the sticky bit on files for system-defined purposes. On
some systems, only the superuser can set the sticky bit on files.
STICKY DIRECTORIES
When the sticky bit is set on a directory, files in that directory may be unlinked or renamed only by root or their owner. Without the
sticky bit, anyone able to write to the directory can delete or rename files. The sticky bit is commonly found on directories, such as
/tmp, that are world-writable.
OPTIONS
Change the mode of each FILE to MODE.
-c, --changes
like verbose but report only when a change is made
-f, --silent, --quiet
suppress most error messages
-v, --verbose
output a diagnostic for every file processed
--reference=RFILE
use RFILE's mode instead of MODE values
-R, --recursive
change files and directories recursively
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
Each MODE is one or more of the letters ugoa, one of the symbols +-= and one or more of the letters rwxXstugo.
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for chmod is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and chmod programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info chmod
should give you access to the complete manual.
chmod (coreutils) 4.5.3 February 2003 CHMOD(1)