ChrisBog

Q: Changing Default User Permissions between two users.

Hello,

 

I have two users on Mac OSX 10.7.  Each of the users are members of the same group.  What I need to do is make both users have the ability to read and write files to each other.

 

As per this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2202

 

I went into: /etc/launchd-user.conf and set umask as 002.

 

I assumed that this would work.  When I did, I logged off and logged back on and create a file in /tmp and found that it was still being created with 644.

 

Any advice?

 

Chris

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Jan 16, 2013 8:11 AM

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  • by Niel,

    Niel Niel Jan 16, 2013 8:17 AM in response to ChrisBog
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    Jan 16, 2013 8:17 AM in response to ChrisBog

    Create a disk image in the /Users/Shared/ folder, select the mounted image in the Finder, choose Get Info from the File menu, and check the box to ignore ownership or permissions on it.

     

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  • by ChrisBog,

    ChrisBog ChrisBog Jan 16, 2013 8:34 AM in response to Niel
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    Jan 16, 2013 8:34 AM in response to Niel

    But that will only help on the one "Disk Image".

     

    If we have a bunch of files across different directories, etc.  I want to make sure that we can both share files.

     

    For example, I have a Users/Shared and I want every file created in that directory to be avilable to all users in that group.