I'm finally getting around to this. Quick question (I know, I can begin a thread on another list...let me know if I should). What's the command to apply an ACL that forces all incoming files/folders to take on 777 permissions? I only want to change permissions, not ownership. Here's the folder: /Users/Shared/WORK The folder itself needs to be locked down so nobody can delete. Not sure if that's something that needs to be applied separately? Thanks, Don On Jun 9, 2008, at 3:26 PM, Don Montalvo wrote:
Dave, thanks for the feedback. I'll go the ACL route.
Don
On Jun 9, 2008, at 1:11 PM, Dave Zarzycki wrote:
Don,
What you are proposing is inherently fragile due to race conditions. Please pursue the ACL option further if you care about reliability. Thanks!
davez
On Jun 8, 2008, at 5:14 PM, Don Montalvo wrote:
Of course I meant "Instead of ACL's"
-Don
Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:07:33 -0400
From: Don Montalvo <donmontalvo@mac.com> Subject: [launchd-dev] launchd and watchpath To: launchd-dev@lists.macosforge.org Message-ID: <41D7B3A5-6EAC-4647-8ACB-D2378ABD170C@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
We would like to set up a folder on our Macs that forces incoming files/folders to inherit permissions. Instead of ADL's, we'd like to use launchd (and watchpath). I'm not familiar with launchd, so I think this would be a good way to get my feet wet.
The shared folder would be:
/Users/Shared/WORK
Each user would have an alias to it on their Desktop (created via logout hook):
~/Desktop/WORK
How can I set up launchd to watch this folder and ensure the contents are always set to 777? I don't have experience with launchd. I toyed with it in early Tiger days but there were issues with user launchd so I gave it up and stuck with cron. I understand launchd works as advertised on Leopard. Hoping it can help with this little project. :)
Thanks, Don
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