From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "CarlC" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Setting Group Ownership Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 14:27:28 GMT Organization: Road Runner - Texas Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <86vg22ue4o.fsf@potato.vegetable.org.uk><3DF67B67.1050405@ihs.com> <863cp4su33.fsf@potato.vegetable.org.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039618118 30171 80.91.224.249 (11 Dec 2002 14:48:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 14:48:38 +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 18M89t-0007pH-00 for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:48:21 +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 18M7sa-0001PD-0B for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 09:30:28 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!news-out.newsfeeds.com!propagator2-maxim!news-in.spamkiller.net!telocity-west!DIRECTV!newsfeed-west.nntpserver.com!hub1.meganetnews.com!nntpserver.com!news-west.rr.com!cyclone.austin.rr.com!twister.austin.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 15 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.68.161.15 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com Original-X-Trace: twister.austin.rr.com 1039616848 66.68.161.15 (Wed, 11 Dec 2002 08:27:28 CST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 08:27:28 CST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:107995 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:4529 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4529 "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. I have this process working, now. Thanks to all who helped me.