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Re: Users are loosing write ability



On 29/04/02 13:26, "Adam Gerson" <email@hidden> wrote:

> Some of my users under mac manager are losing write privileges to their
> folders. I did an las - al and got a weird mix of groups
> drwxr-xr-x 14 surbaez staff 432 Apr 24 13:24 surbaez
> drwxr-xr-x 12 swinnick unknown 364 Apr 8 14:33 swinnick
> drwxr-xr-x 12 swint unknown 364 Apr 8 14:34 swint
> drwxr-xr-x 12 tbatzer unknown 364 Apr 24 09:50 tbatzer
> drwxr-xr-x 12 test wheel 364 Apr 23 16:04 test
> drwxr-xr-x 11 admin unknown 330 Apr 5 12:03 testtest
> drwxr-xr-x 12 teurdeki unknown 364 Apr 8 13:03 teurdeki
> drwxr-xr-x 12 tgrove staff 364 Apr 17 11:32 tgrove
> drwxr-xr-x 12 tlaub unknown 364 Apr 8 10:04 tlaub
> drwxr-xr-x 14 tlaufer unknown 432 Apr 29 10:25 tlaufer
> drwxr-xr-x 12 troach unknown 364 Apr 8 13:04 troach
>
> what group should users be a member off? Why would they spontainiously
> loose their write permission on their own folders?

According to those permissions, the user still can write to those
directories, it's the group that cannot write to it. And you should create
a group for your users (any name), staff and wheel should only be for
admins, not for regular users.
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