Hi currently my requirement is that i am having 3 users in my suse linux in that user 1 should not view the folder of user 2 unless he is having the root access .How to do this please help me

Thanks in Advance

One option is to change permissions on their home directory from something like 755 to 700.

How to restrict users in linux not entering into the filesystem

In linux operating systems everey user can able to view the files in terminal with read access,but they cant able to write the file.But if you want to make other users not read your home and file system then we have to configure the user account with Restricted Shell

Restricted Shell


The next degree of limitation is to be a restricted shell. In this case, a version of a normal bash shell will prevent users from changing the directory and environment variables, redirecting output, running commands with absolute pathnames, using exec command and some other actions. Restrictions are not enforced for shell scripts. See man bash for more details. Combining rbash with a restrictive configuration of UNIX permissions can help achieve further security.

Rbash is a viable choice if you are trying to somewhat contain trusted users. Its restrictions can be easily overcome (see below).

To test rbash restricted shell functionality:


# adduser nst

# ln -s /bin/bash /bin/rbash

# echo "/bin/rbash" >> /etc/shells

# chsh -s /bin/rbash nst

# cd ~nst

# su nst

$

and then:
$ cd /
rbash: cd: restricted