File Sharing user and group permissions get messed up on Sequoia

Thanks for sharing this article. At first I was excited to use the Server app because I'm familiar with it. Sadly the download I have available is no longer compatible. I started looking at the Terminal commands and my brain exploded. It will require further reading and a clear head. Sequoia certainly seems buggy. I was kicking around the folder permissions screen to see if any further options for inheritance were available but sadly I don't see anything other than the standard Read/Write/None options for groups. I suspect I'm going to have to call Apple Support to get this resolved.

This worked for me based on some guidance provided on another post:

Thanks for this information @generatech - I did something similar and it appears to have worked (so far) with the help of chatGPT (I'm no good with Terminal and I couldn't copy / paste and manipulate your code with success).

move file folders for sharing to home folder

turn off file sharing

run the following in Terminal:

# Step 1: Change group ownership of the folder and all its contents

sudo chgrp -R GROUPNAME /Users/USERNAME/"FILENAME"

# Step 2: Give group members read, write, and execute permissions (rwx)

sudo chmod -R 770 /Users/USERNAME/"FILENAME"

# Step 3: Set the setgid bit so new files inherit the group

sudo chmod -R g+s /Users/USERNAME/"FILENAME"

Repeated for any shared folders with different group name access.

Turned file sharing back on

Staff tested today and so far they're all celebrating.

Hopefully this continues to hold. Such a buggy OS.