UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi Guys,
Am new worker with the AIX , i need your help please.

i have an AIX server , and i have folder with permission 775 . i need any file that added to this folder to get the same permission of the folder (755) . this folder is used for auditing . users used to delete the files in the folder daily and new files will be added automatically.

please assist me.

You need to set umask to 002 prior to creating the file:

Code:

umask 002

This way any new file will get permission 664. If the newly created files needs to be executable too, you have to do this manually after creating the file by using chmod.:

Code:

chmod +x file

Scrutinizer , thank you

but i can not did these steps manually every time files added . i need an automatic method

If you have superuser access then you can set the defaults for users in

/etc/security/user

Only now I notice you say files need to be created 755. I presume you mean 775 and also that 664 will be enough? I am wondering why you need to create these files 664? Suppose users create files there with permssions 644. Other users that are member of the group that owns the directory will still be able to remove the file.

yes , i want all the user in the group to use the directory .

to be more clear , i need to make recursive permission . ( any file is added to the folder should be assigned the same folder permissions)

Thank you all

If you cannot have your users use a script when they create files in your directories, then maybe you can run a cron job every 5 minutes that would run in the background to change file permissions. This script would need to run as root. Would something like that work for you?

Without more information it is not possible to write the script. Would these files live under a common tree? If these directories are not colocated, is is possibe to get a list of directories to check?