new folder permissions (root group write access)

[mixmasterdj2002]

I have setup a gentoo system and its all workin gr8, but wat I want to do is have it so that all newly created folders, by users are wriatble by the root group..
I read a post that said something about sticky and GID, but I have no ide about what they are.. I have very little experience about linux security as I am a Windoze Administrator..
JUST TRYING TO LEARN LINUX

Thanks In Avdance
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[ctford0]

Do you want root to be able to write to all newly created directories or all normal users? root has permissions to do whatever he/she wants. My friend has a habit of saying that root has the power of God when it comes to linux.

If you want all newly created directories to be read by every normal user then thats a little tricker since linux give the power of the user to set their own permissions. If this is for file trading purposes, usually what I do is to create a guest account of some sort ( since guest is a user already it may be a good idea to use the name guest1 or something like that). Then you can make each user a folder in the guest1 home directory that is world readable. Or insead of creating a new user account you could have a public directory where files could be posted.

Hope this helps

Chris

[zhenlin]

root can edit/erase/remove anything in the filesystem, as long as the kernel permits it (file not locked, not immutable etc.). Yes, you can easily blow away the system, but that's the risk of using root.

[mr45acp]

If you put a set-id bit on a directory