a permissions question

[Tyler Littlefield]

Hello list,
I want to set up ftp and samba accounts to a drive that is mountable and owned by root.
Is there a way to put everyone in one group, so that they can all view the same directory, and download from it. and then set the group as the owner of the directory, and all of its sub contents, including all sub directories, and all of its contents?
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