on Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 10:41:10PM -0800, Ethan Benson (erbenson@alaska.net) wrote: > On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 10:12:27PM -0700, Mr. Strockbine wrote: > > is there a way to password protect a directory? for instance there > > is a single ftp account on a machine (one user-id/password combo) > > and its shared amoung several users. Is it possible for one user to > > password protect a directory so the other users cannot view the > > contents? > shared accounts really are not a good idea, there is no accountability > or responsibility for what its used for. and it created problems like > what you have. Agreed. > the correct solution is to create an individual account for all the > users and use groups to share access. then what you want is easy: > chmod 700 dir. Disagree. Where n > 0 people need modification access to the same data, a version control system should be implemented. RCS and CVS are available on Debian and their use is fairly transparent. For more complex organizations, BitKeeper is a strongly recommended choice. A version control system allows multiple people to work on shared material in their own "sandbox". Changes are checked back into a central repository. Publication (release) of data is managed from the central repository. That said, virtually all mechanisms and systems for shared work environments suck in some way. Most require a step for updating or committing changes. That said, used, well and wisely, they resolve a great many issues. Version control is suitable for activities far beyond software development, which many people fail to realize. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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