Configure existing and future file and folder user and group permissions recursively in linux.

configure_directory_permissions.sh

#!/bin/bash

SAMPLE_DIR=/mnt/some-volume

# change ownership of the directory and all of its contents
chown -R cmsman:cmsteam $SAMPLE_DIR
# change permissions of the directory and all of its contents
chmod -R u=rwX,g=rwX,o-rwx $SAMPLE_DIR
# set uid and gid
chmod -R u+s $SAMPLE_DIR
chmod -R g+s $SAMPLE_DIR
# set acl for the folder and all of its contents
setfacl -R -m user:www-data:rwx $SAMPLE_DIR
setfacl -R -m user:cmsman:rwx -m group:cmsteam:rwx $SAMPLE_DIR
setfacl -R -m default:user:cmsman:rwx -m default:group:cmsteam:rwx $SAMPLE_DIR