linux/setfacl - Set all current/future files/directories in parent directory to 775 with specified owner/group

Solution 1:

I actually found something that so far does what I asked for, sharing here so anyone who runs into this issue can try out this solution:

sudo setfacl -Rdm g:groupnamehere:rwx /base/path/members/
sudo setfacl -Rm g:groupnamehere:rwx /base/path/members/

R is recursive, which means everything under that directory will have the rule applied to it.
d is default, which means for all future items created under that directory, have these rules apply by default. m is needed to add/modify rules.

The first command, is for new items (hence the d), the second command, is for old/existing items under the folder. Hope this helps someone out as this stuff is a bit complicated and not very intuitive.

Solution 2:

To go with your accepted answer ...

You can combine those commands together as:

sudo setfacl -Rm d:g:groupnamehere:rwx,g:groupnamehere:rwx /base/path/members/

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Solution 3:

setfacl on linux has the -d and -k options for manipulating default permissions which are probably what you are looking for (see man for more info).