# Set group when installing files

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/set-group-when-installing-files/464
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [January 7, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/set-group-when-installing-files/464 "2020-01-07T18:25:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![David\_Dixon](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/david_dixon/32/127_2.png) [@David\_Dixon](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/David_Dixon)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/set-group-when-installing-files/464/1 "2020-01-07T18:25:56Z")

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Is it possible to set the group for an install when using the CMake installation support?

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### Author: ![kyle.edwards](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/65b543/32.png) [@kyle.edwards](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/kyle.edwards)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/set-group-when-installing-files/464/2 "2020-01-07T18:29:22Z")

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What exactly do you mean by “group”? Do you mean the ownership group (`chown`)?

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### Author: ![David\_Dixon](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/david_dixon/32/127_2.png) [@David\_Dixon](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/David_Dixon)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/set-group-when-installing-files/464/3 "2020-01-07T18:38:33Z")

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Thanks - that is precisely what I mean.