Automatic chown and chmod

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Does anyone know about inherited file permissions here? I want files/folders moved into a shared folder to automatically change to a set owner/group with set permissions, regardless of which user has moved them.

I’m having trouble with files & folders keeping previous permissions/ owners when they are moved into the shared folder.

Many thanks for any help received!

I think you will have to make a script or function to do that — Zanna, Dec 28 '16 at 11:20
I had a similar problem in the past. I did not properly solve it, but a cronjob with a 5 min. delay does wonders. (And before someone calls this an ungly workaround: they are right.) — Hennes, Dec 28 '16 at 12:36
The classical way to do this would be to let the owner remain as-is, but change the group using the directory's setgid bit - see for example Dynamically set user groups for directories and files on a directory — steeldriver, Dec 28 '16 at 14:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 28 '16 at 21:00

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I've used inotify to kick off a batch file for similar situations with success.

There are some good examples here:

answered Dec 28 '16 at 21:00

James Van't Slot

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Automatic chown and chmod

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