Managing directory with special permissions

[Serrindipity]

Hi, I'd like to start by saying thanks for chezmoi! This is a great tool that I've had a lot of fun playing around with.

I'm trying to manage exegol's my-resources directory and I'm a little bit confused with the way that chezmoi manages file permissions. I can add the directory to chezmoi just fine, but chezmoi apply gives a chmod: operation not permitted error. chezmoi diff gives differing permissions like so:

diff --git a/.exegol/my-resources/setup/firefox b/.exegol/my-resources/setup/firefox
old mode 40770
new mode 40755

I've read through this issue which seems like it might cover what I want to do, but I'm unsure about how these attributes work. It's also possible that I'm missing something, as I'm pretty new to Linux file permissions. What's the best way to go about troubleshooting / working with these files?

[twpayne]

This looks like a UNIX permissions issue. Are you sure that the files are owned by you and that you have permission to modify them? You can find files that are not owned by you with the command:

find $HOME -not -user $USER -ls

For more information on how chezmoi handles file permissions, see https://www.chezmoi.io/user-guide/frequently-asked-questions/design/#why-does-chezmoi-use-weird-filenames.

[Serrindipity]

Sorry for the late reply! I own the files and I do have permission to modify them. Exegol requires that the files have the setgid bit set and I was wondering if there was a way to do this with chezmoi.

[halostatue]

Not really. setgid isn't something that chezmoi is built to do. You should be able to run chmod g+s either in a post-apply hook or an after script, but I don't know whether chezmoi will see that as a modification on the next apply.