File permissions when ftp

[Jay Paulson]

>>> But now that I have set the group and the permissions to the 
>>> directory to 2775 Apache doesn't like it and I get a 403 Forbidden 
>>> error and I don't know why.
>>>
>> Having the directory set to allow group writing and the sgid bit set 
>> is
>> VERY insecure.  Apache knows that and refuses to use insecure 
>> settings.
>> You should reset the directory back to the proper permissions.
>
> This is not only not true (about Apache refusing to access the 
> group-writeable sgid directory - I just tried it myself) but changing 
> the permissions back breaks the requirement that the OP's original 
> question was about, namely how to make sure that new files written 
> into the directory have the right group ownership.

I went so far as deleting the entire directory and remaking it to clear 
all the permissions on it.  Apache still complained and I got the 403 
error.

jay