So I updated our little network to 10.5, and the ability to share volumes and foelders is just great. However, I had a problem with how to enable a given group's read - write - delete - execute access to a given shared volumes: for all files that exist in that folder today, and for all files that might be created in the future. There are some hints on this problem, including cron jobs and default permission flags (umask), but none of them really worked out, especially in 10.5. The answer lies in the advanced Access Control Entries (ACE) handling of file permissions. This involves Terminal, but Michael Watson has coded a front end for this. I asked him, and he will update the code for Leopard as soon as he finds a minute. Thus, we have to use the Terminal for now. First make sure that you have ACE enabled on your s...

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