On Mon, 2008-03-24 at 17:14 -0600, kevin kempter wrote:
> Hi List;
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> I have 2 users which both have need to access various database related
> files.I've created a new group called 'dba'. Most of the time I want
> the users to create files with their default user:group perms, however
> when I'm working on these sql / db files I want the files to be
> created with the default user as the owner but dba as the group.
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> Is there a Linux command that will switch my primary group only until
> I log out of a terminal or session ?
Set the directory's sgid bit with chmod g+s <directory>.
Google for "user private groups" for more info.
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
