On Tue, 21 Jun 2011, Todd Cary wrote: > Grasping a full understanding of setting default Users, Groups > and Masks has alluded me over the years, but now I find myself in > a situation where manually "setting" the file/directory > attributes is becoming a pain. > > I understand the fundamentals of the file attributes, though from > time to time I have to review the "sticky bit"; what I do not > understand is where/how the attributes are set when a user > creates or modifies a file/directory. Here is my situation: > > My /var/www/html files have been manually set by me to > apache/apache 774. This allows my PHP applications to access the > files, and I assume this is a "good" setting. > > Now, my server is connected via Samba to my desktop. If I create > a file, it is todd/todd 744, so Apache cannot access them. > > If PHP (Apache) creates or modifies a file, it is apache/apache > 755, so I cannot access them (Write/Delete). > > Is there a way to resolve this? When I FTP to a friend's > rent-a-server, I can read/write/delete all of the files I have > placed there *and* the same for files touched by PHP (Apache). > > My Linux Admin books as well as my Linux books do not appear to > cover this and/or my experience is lacking. Either have a group that you're both a member of and have a SGID bit set on the relevent directories using that gruop, or look at ACLs. jh