From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim Haynes Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Setting Group Ownership Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 14:15:06 +0000 Organization: What's Organization? Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <864r9jpbmd.fsf@potato.vegetable.org.uk> References: <86vg22ue4o.fsf@potato.vegetable.org.uk><3DF67B67.1050405@ihs.com> <863cp4su33.fsf@potato.vegetable.org.uk> Reply-To: news_reply@stirfried.vegetable.org.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039703652 22278 80.91.224.249 (12 Dec 2002 14:34:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 14:34:12 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18MUPf-0005mp-00 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 15:34:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18MUMd-0007rw-01 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:30:59 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!proxad.net!peer1.news.newnet.co.uk!lon1-news.nildram.net!195.149.20.147.MISMATCH!mercury.nildram.co.uk!not-for-mail X-Anti-Echelon: PPP Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.2 (i386-debian-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:XPVGC8WRNw7b/SaTxWrKf2Zuyak= Original-Lines: 24 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.149.39.120 Original-X-Trace: 1039703343 mercury.nildram.net 12116 195.149.39.120 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108032 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4563 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4563 "CarlC" writes: > "Tim Haynes" wrote in message > news:863cp4su33.fsf@potato.vegetable.org.uk... >> While I'm passing: is there some reason that asserting the setgid bit on >> the directory would be a bad idea? > > Since you asked, Tim...Yes. This goes back to a design from my younger > unix days. Actual users are running as client logins and the files are > owned by these pseudo-users. I have an environment variable that contains > the actual user. I want to set the group id of a file to reflect who > actually changed this client's file. This is why just fixing it to the > directory's group id is not what I want. Ah, OK, I think I understand :) > I have this process working, now. Thanks to all who helped me. Goodie :8) ~Tim -- I never knew that the |piglet@stirfried.vegetable.org.uk light of ages breaks the way before us |http://spodzone.org.uk/