Re: Groups, Permissions and /Share

[Cédric Lucantis <omer@no-log.org>]

> > 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?
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > [...]
>
> You could try the NewbieDOC wiki (documentation for newbies). There is
> an article on users and groups -
> http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Manage_users_and_groups - which may get
> you started.
>
> Basically, you could put your users into a new group, give the group
> ownership if the directory using chgrp, and give the permissions you
> wish to the group on the directory group with chmod g+rwx.
>
> Try the manual pages (eg "man chmod") and google search (eg for
> "chmod"). When you have succeeded, you might consider documenting your
> efforts on the NewbieDOC wiki. :)

Another good source of infos about that and unix systems in general are the 
coreutils doc (info coreutils). You'll find a lot of useful tricks there. The 
section 'file permissions' explains all this in details, and 'changing files 
attributes' describes chmod and chown.

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Cédric Lucantis