Exam EX200 Topic 6 Question 6 Discussion

Actual exam question for RedHat's EX200 exam
Question #: 6
Topic #: 6
Who ever creates the files/directories on archive group owner should be automatically should be the same group owner of archive.

Suggested Answer:

chmod g+s /archive
Verify using: ls -ld /archive Permission should be like:
drwxrws--- 2 root sysuser 4096 Mar 16 18:08 /archive
If SGID bit is set on directory then who every users creates the files on directory group owner automatically the owner of parent directory.
To set the SGID bit: chmod g+s directory
To Remove the SGID bit: chmod g-s directory

by Agatha at May 18, 2026, 05:55 AM

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