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    You can force the group ownership with the setgid bit on directories, but it works only for the group, not for the user. So the question becomes: why do you want to change user ownership, too, and what do you hope to achieve by that? Commented Feb 16, 2017 at 10:08
  • I want the user to be able to read/view the file. When a file is being created it is being user-owned by 'superadmin' with permission rwx Basically all I want is, the files to inherit the same user and groups and same permissions and ownerships as of the parent directory Commented Feb 16, 2017 at 10:17
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    You could swap user and group to achieve this: Create a group prateekkaien (or use an existing one), use setgid as described by @dirkt, set the permissions accordingly and leave the user untouched. Commented Feb 16, 2017 at 10:21
  • As a further example, you normally just make groups according to the necessary roles, and then assign users to it. For example, my /usr/local as a setgid of staff, and I'm member of staff, so I can work with files below /usr/local any way I want. If some other user who is also a member of staff does the same, I don't care, because as a member of the same group, I can modify his files etc. Commented Feb 16, 2017 at 10:27
  • By this, will not the user 'prateekkaien' gain access of rwx as of the group ? The superuser is the administrator. It can create and modify files but the user can only view/read it. I didnt get what it says above Commented Feb 16, 2017 at 10:36