Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: umask and permissions

[Aaron Bentley]

Matthieu Moy wrote:
> Aaron Bentley <address@hidden> writes:
>
>
> > See "Using shared SFTP archives set g+ws without patching SSH"
>
>
> I don't see how this is supposed to work.
>
> g+ws will force the created subdirectories to belong to the specified
> group, but it won't give it the +w bit.

sftp is essentially a command.  The wrapper sets the umask before 
running the command.

> So, I guess any user will be able to create a new directory in a
> directory existing at the time you did the chmod (typically, create a
> new revision in an existing version), but scenario like the following
> are forbidden :
>
> A creates category foo
> B creates the branch foo--bar
> A creates the version foo--bar--0

I don't recall exactly, but I think if you set the archive's parent 
directory g+s, all new categories and branches get g+s.

> > or "Using multiple accounts, a group, and a sftpd-wrapper without
> > changing global configuration"
>
>
> I suppose the sftpd-wrapper requires to be root, which is not allways
> possible.

I believe that's an incorrect assumption.  They note on the page that it 
even works with SourceForge.

Aaron