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Setting differing ACLs on directories and files

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Mar 15, 202635453 views
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Problem

I want to set up default permissions for a file share so that everyone can all of the directories and so that all newly created files are . Everyone who is accessing this share is in the same group, so this isn't a concern. I have looked at doing this via ACLs without changing all of the users' uma…

Error Output

setfacl -Rdm g:mygroup:rwx share_name
setfacl -Rm g:mygroup:rwx share_name

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Fix for: Setting differing ACLs on directories and files

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As Gilles points out, default permissions specify the maximum permissions, basically replacing the . So newly created files will be unless the application that created the file asked specially for it to be executable. Note the effective perms above.…

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