directory permissions

Say I have a structure in TeamSite as follow:
Branch --> groupa (775, usera, userb, userc)
|-- workarea1 --> groupb (775, userb)
| |-- folder1 --> groupc (775, userc)
| | |-- newfolder (going to create)
chmod g+s has been applied at workarea level and downward.

My question is: when userc (belongs to groupc) logon as Editor and try to create new folder under folder1, experiencing Permission Denied.

Any idea why it is so? If it is a known issue in TeamSite, any alternative solutions (but structure above has to be retained)?

Thanks in advance.

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sunil_j

userc belongs to groupc and the workarea1 is shared only to groupb, so userc do not have change permission on workarea1.

Trina

Thanks sunil_j. But if I only want userc to create any intermediate folders such as any directories/files under folder1, but not at the same level of folder1, how can I achieve it then?

sunil_j

Make the workarea accessible to userc by making userc as a part of groupb and then enforce directory level permission (write/change) on folder1 for userc using either submit.cfg or using unix commands, so that only userc has write access on folder1 and no one else.

sunil_j

try this if it helps, write the following lines in submit.cfg

CASE-SENSITIVE = YES
RULES
{
^/default/main/Branch/WORKAREA/workarea1
{

/folder1/$
{
amask=0775, uid=userc
}

}
}

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Trina

sunil_j, your solution will work with a single user. However, because we have more than one user belong to groupa, b and c...therefore, the your solution will not work.
I should have written a bit more specific - my apologies.