[PLUG] How to share write access to files via scp?...

[Fred Stluka <fred@bristle.com>]

Linux gurus,

Any suggestion for how to set up a directory on a Linux server to
support write access by different users via scp?

I want any user with a valid username/password to be able to use
scp to create new files, and to overwrite files put there via scp
by others.

I have Googled and read quite a bit, and have tried the following:

- Create a writeable directory:
  % sudo mkdir       /var/share
  % sudo chmod 777   /var/share
  - Good:
    - Various users can now write new files to /var/share via scp
  - Bad:
    - Users cannot overwrite existing files written there by other
      users.

- Put all users in a group called team, set the group of the
  directory to team, and set the SGID bit of the directory.
  % sudo groupadd team
  % sudo usermod -a -G team user1
  % sudo usermod -a -G team user2
  % sudo usermod -a -G team user3
  % sudo chgrp team /var/share
  % sudo chmod g+s  /var/share
  - Good:
    - Various users can now write new files to /var/share via scp, and
      can overwrite existing files written there by others users IF g+w
      bit is set on the files.
  - Bad:
    - When user creates file via scp, default is g-w, regardless of umask.  Why?
    - When user overwrites file via scp, the owner doesn't change.  Why?
    - Directories created recursively via scp do not inherit the g+s bit.  Why?

Any thoughts?  Thanks!

--Fred
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