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From: dgcasperson@violet.waterloo.edu (david Casperson)
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Subject: groups, directories, and file creation
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Date: 21 Sep 89 21:46:29 GMT
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Could someone explain to me how UNIX chooses the group of a newly
created file?  I am also curious what the setgid and setuid bits mean
on a directory.  I have tried to find the above information in the man
pages, but perhaps i have been looking in the wrong place.

                          --david