File permissions are not acting recursively.

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File permissions are not acting recursively.

I have a mac mini server set up with users and groups.

I have server Drobos connected externally via USB.

Using the filesharing pain, I have the Admin as the primary user of the files, and have added a group called JGRSLN-Staff to have read and write permissions on the files.

Users log into the server and can open and edit files.

The issue is that when the users create new files and folders, the user becomes OWNER of the files, and the group becomes read only.

I have tried to use the CHMOD command with g+s and it hasn't worked.

Can someone help me make sure that the permissions on the files respect the group permssions and are recursive.

-doug

Mac mini, OS X Server

Posted on Jan 1, 2013 4:52 PM

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Answer 1

Linc Davis

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Jan 1, 2013 8:00 PM in response to doctorjaeger

Set up a group file sharing folder

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Answer 2

doctorjaeger Author

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Jan 1, 2013 8:31 PM in response to Linc Davis

Thanks linc,

I need to share specific folders on external drives, the groups folders won't help me there.

-doug

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Linc Davis

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Jan 1, 2013 8:46 PM in response to doctorjaeger

Then you'll have to set the ACL's yourself in the shell (see the chmod man page for details) or using an application such as "Tinker Tool System." You want at least the read, write, and add properties to be inherited, so that new files and folders will have those properties when created by any member of the group.

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skeates

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Jan 8, 2013 8:06 AM in response to Linc Davis

I'm having the same issue and it's becoming a bit tedious now. I had this with two seperate clients one was running 10.7 server which I manage to fix by moving the shared folder out of the root of the drive it was on into a subfolder and making the shared group a local group and not a directory group. I then added my directory group to the local group and that seems to have solved that problem.

I am now having the same thing with another client that is running 10.8 server and the same solution has not worked.

You setup a folder and set the ACL as to the group you want with R&W permissions. Propergate the permissions and everything works. A user then creates a folder or file on the server and they then become the owner of the of the file or folder and no one else can write or save back to it.

The the client with the 10.8 server is a MacMini with an attached Thunderbolt R6. Their client machines range from 10.5 through 10.8.

Last time I did a propergate I tried just the ACL's which did not seem to work I had to propergare the POSIX as well.

I my self have a 10.8 Server running, but my shared folders are on the system disk and I don't appear to get this issue. So not sure if this is an issue with the shared folders being stored on attached storage ThunderBolt or USB in your case.

Having to set the ACL's with chmod seems a bit over the top unless this is a broke GUI issue. 10.5 and 10.6 had not issues being configured in such a way.

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