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Re: Groups, Permissions and /Share



On Sat March 10 2007 09:12, Dave Walker wrote:
> I have set up a nice big /Share directory on a separate HD, and would
> like to create a document repository there accessible by all users. So
> far only the root user can read, write and execute on the /Share
> directory. What is the best way to accomplish this?

Being able to read, write or execute a file is based on ownership and 
permissions. You can change the owner of a file (or directory) with chown and 
you can change the permissions with chmod. man chown or chmod will give you 
lots of details you'll need to get with.

The way I do this (not the only way) is to use the 'users' group for files I 
want everyone to be able to access, just add those folks to the 'users' group 
and adjust the permissions accordingly.

> I don't mind reading tutorials and other docs, but at this point in my
> Debian education, they need to be suitability simple. Any links to
> such material would be much appreciated.
>
> Any respondents should be aware that I am, obviously, very new to Debian.

I'm new to debian too, been hanging around for a few years and running it 
myself for two.

> PS - This is my first post from Debian Sarge running Gnome over my
> wireless network. Amazing (to me) progress!


Way to go, took me ions to get my wireless going!



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