In article <9707081228.AA12341=aeb@violet.cwi.nl> you write:
>Scott Tadman:
>: FreeBSD has an interesting filesystem feature that I like: When you create
>: files and directories inside an existing structure, the group of the directory
>: you are creating the file/directory in is applied to the new file/directory.
>
>: I've been looking for a patch for Linux which offers the same functionality,
>: yet it doesn't seem to be out there.
>Maybe because no patch is required and it just works out-of-the-box?
>Read mount(8), especially the part on ext2 mount options.
chmod g+s <the directory/ies to have BSD like behaviour>
Regards, Felix.
(Or the appropriate mount option, if you want it generally)