Set up a folder to automatically set owner and group when new files are created

Asked Dec 23 '19 at 13:21

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I'm the local user on a system with admin rights. I would like to change the way the default owner and group permissions are set, when new files are created in the specified folder /var/www/html/somefolder

I can for example, run sudo chown -R leon:www-data somefolder, but if I create any new files in this folder, they are going to default to leon:leon.

Is there something I can do to the folder that will set any files or folder permissions created by me in /var/www/html/somefolder to be automatically set to leon:www-data?

Thanks.

asked Dec 23 '19 at 13:21

user126440

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You should be able to use setgid on the folder: see for example Dynamically set user groups for directories and files on a directory – steeldriver Dec 23 '19 at 13:28
From a learning point of view using the command setfacl -d would have been what I would have done but the g+s is shorter, so my question is there a difference between the two commands @steeldriver – George Udosen Dec 23 '19 at 13:34
@GeorgeUdosen I don't really know enough about ACLs to comment - sorry – steeldriver Dec 23 '19 at 13:40
Thanks, that's perfect. – user126440 Dec 23 '19 at 19:44

Set up a folder to automatically set owner and group when new files are created

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