Linux group question

Matthew Saltzman mjs at clemson.edu
Tue Mar 25 02:54:25 UTC 2008


On Mon, 2008-03-24 at 17:14 -0600, kevin kempter wrote:
> Hi List;
> 
> I have 2 users which both have need to access various database related  
> files.I've created a new group called 'dba'. Most of the time I want  
> the users to create files with their default user:group perms, however  
> when I'm working on these sql / db files I want the files to be  
> created with the default user as the owner but dba as the group.
> 
> Is there a Linux command that will switch my primary group only until  
> I log out of a terminal or session ?

Set the directory's sgid bit with chmod g+s <directory>.

Google for "user private groups" for more info.

> 
> 
> Thanks in advance...
> 
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> 
> 
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                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs




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