[SOLVED] Assigning rights of a specific directory to user

Raakh5 · 09-11-2015, 11:01 AM

Hello,

I am using CentOS

How can I assign 777 permissions of a specific directory to a particular user?

Thanks in anticipation

smallpond · 09-11-2015, 12:03 PM

Make that user the owner and give the owner full rights.

Raakh5 · 09-11-2015, 12:06 PM

You mean

Code:

chown :userName /tmp/foldername
chmode 777 /tmp/foldername

Thanks again

hortageno · 09-11-2015, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raakh5

You mean

Code:

chown :userName /tmp/foldername
chmode 777 /tmp/foldername

Thanks again

If it's 777 then the user doesn't matter anyway.

BTW "chown :username ..." would change the group since the argument is "[OWNER][:[GROUP]]".

Code:

man chown

hortageno · 09-11-2015, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hortageno

If it's 777 then the user doesn't matter anyway.

BTW "chown :username ..." would change the group since the argument is "[OWNER][:[GROUP]]".

Code:

man chown

BTW2: 777 is almost never the right thing to do...

Raakh5 · 09-11-2015, 12:26 PM

Can you please give me any code example?

smallpond · 09-11-2015, 12:42 PM

To only give permission to one user and noone else:

Code:

chown userName /tmp/foldername
chmod 700 /tmp/foldername

hortageno · 09-11-2015, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raakh5

Can you please give me any code example?

Just don't use the colon. If you use a colon, then the expression after it is the group.

[spoonfeed]chown userName /tmp/foldername[/spoonfeed]

suicidaleggroll · 09-11-2015, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raakh5

How can I assign 777 permissions of a specific directory to a particular user?

That question is self-contradictory.

777, by definition, is global access for anybody. The first 7 is the owner of the file, the second 7 is any members in the same group as the file, the third 7 is "everybody else". If you want to limit access to a particular user, you need to make that user the owner, and then change the permissions to 700, to cut off access for anybody but the owner.