diff -urN globus_2_4_3_adv2003_fix892_fix956/gridftp/gsi-wuftpd/source/src/access.c globus_2_4_3_adv2003_fix892_fix956_more/gridftp/gsi-wuftpd/source/src/access.c
--- globus_2_4_3_adv2003_fix892_fix956/gridftp/gsi-wuftpd/source/src/access.c	Mon Jul 10 21:33:49 2000
+++ globus_2_4_3_adv2003_fix892_fix956_more/gridftp/gsi-wuftpd/source/src/access.c	Sun Jan  4 00:08:45 2004
@@ -604,6 +604,42 @@
 	}
     }
 }
+/*MM*/
+
+void acl_magicgroup(struct passwd *pw)
+{
+    char class[1024];
+
+    struct aclmember *entry = NULL;
+    struct group *grp;
+    int which;
+    umask(0777);
+    (void) acl_getclass(class);
+
+    /* magicgroup <group> <class> [<class>...]*/
+    while (getaclentry("magicgroup", &entry)) {
+        if (!ARG0 || !ARG1 )
+            continue;
+        for (which = 1; (which < MAXARGS) && ARG[which]; which++) {
+            if (!strcasecmp(ARG[which], class)) {
+
+         /* apply group to each class*/
+	    	    if (ARG0[0] == '%')
+                    pw->pw_gid = atoi(ARG0 + 1);
+                else {
+                    if ((grp = getgrnam(ARG0)))
+                        pw->pw_gid = grp->gr_gid;
+                    else
+                        syslog(LOG_ERR, "magicgroup: set group %s not found", ARG0);
+                    endgrent();
+                }
+             return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/*MM*/
 
 /*************************************************************************/
 /* FUNCTION  : acl_setfunctions                                          */
diff -urN globus_2_4_3_adv2003_fix892_fix956/gridftp/gsi-wuftpd/source/src/ftpd.c globus_2_4_3_adv2003_fix892_fix956_more/gridftp/gsi-wuftpd/source/src/ftpd.c
--- globus_2_4_3_adv2003_fix892_fix956/gridftp/gsi-wuftpd/source/src/ftpd.c	Wed Dec 31 00:17:04 2003
+++ globus_2_4_3_adv2003_fix892_fix956_more/gridftp/gsi-wuftpd/source/src/ftpd.c	Sun Jan  4 00:08:45 2004
@@ -3128,6 +3128,10 @@
 	    guest = 0;
 	anonymous = !guest;
     }
+    if (use_accessfile) {
+	    (void) acl_magicgroup(pw);
+    }
+
 /* END AUTHENTICATION */
     login_attempts = 0;		/* this time successful */
 /* SET GROUP ID STARTS HERE */
diff -urN globus_2_4_3_adv2003_fix892_fix956/gridftp/gsi-wuftpd/source/src/proto.h globus_2_4_3_adv2003_fix892_fix956_more/gridftp/gsi-wuftpd/source/src/proto.h
--- globus_2_4_3_adv2003_fix892_fix956/gridftp/gsi-wuftpd/source/src/proto.h	Thu Sep 19 19:48:09 2002
+++ globus_2_4_3_adv2003_fix892_fix956_more/gridftp/gsi-wuftpd/source/src/proto.h	Sun Jan  4 00:08:45 2004
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 int acl_guestgroup(struct passwd *);
 int acl_realgroup(struct passwd *);
 void acl_autogroup(struct passwd *);
+void acl_magicgroup(struct passwd *);
 void acl_setfunctions(void);
 int acl_getclass(char *);
 int acl_getlimit(char *, char *);