Ubuntu
adduser package

addgroup option to auto-create /home/group/<new-group> sgid directories

Bug #379421 reported by ceg on 2009-05-22

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	adduser (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Let groupadd have the option to create /home/group/<groupname> sgid directories.

Sgid group directories are the means for users to easily collaborate on local files with the user private group scheme used in debian/ubuntu.

Graphical tools can then adopt to this addgroup option.

Debian policy states: "Packages other than base-passwd must not modify /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group or /etc/gshadow." (http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s9.2)

See original description

Revision history for this message

ceg (ceg) wrote on 2009-05-22:

The following example might be further enhanced:

root:group (rwxrwsr-t) /home/share/<group>
root:group (rwsrwsrwt) /home/share/<group>/incoming
root:group (rwxrwx---) /home/share/<group>/private

Revision history for this message

ceg (ceg) wrote on 2009-05-22:

The following wiki page now contains more information and ties together related bugs.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiUserManagement

Revision history for this message

ceg (ceg) wrote on 2009-11-27:

addgroup is implemented within adduser

affects:

shadow (Ubuntu) → adduser (Ubuntu)

ceg (ceg) on 2009-11-27

description:	updated
summary:	- Let groupadd create /home/group/<groupname> sgid directories + addgroup option to create /home/group/<groupname> sgid directories

ceg (ceg) on 2012-06-09

summary:

- addgroup option to create /home/group/<groupname> sgid directories
+ addgroup option to auto-create /home/group/<new-group> sgid directories

ceg (ceg) on 2012-06-19

description:

updated

This report contains Public information

Everyone can see this information.

You are

Subscribing...

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.