Setup restricted access to directory

ccemberson · 05-30-2009, 09:03 PM

I'm trying to setup restricted access to a directory for two users. I'm a newbie. How do I do it? I have to set it up so that two users have full (read, write and execute) access to the private directory I have set up. All others users are to be completely restricted from accessing that directory.

win32sux · 05-31-2009, 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ccemberson

I'm trying to setup restricted access to a directory for two users. I'm a newbie. How do I do it?

Please elaborate a little bit as to what sort of restrictions you are referring to.

In other words, what directory permissions you would like to grant/deny for each user.

synss · 06-01-2009, 03:09 AM

I guess you should look into groups and permissions. But as the previous poster said, without further information on what you are actually trying to do, we cannot provide you with a detailed how to.

ccemberson · 06-02-2009, 04:34 PM

I'm trying to setup restricted access to a directory for two users. I'm a newbie. How do I do it? I have to set it up so that two users have full (read, write and execute) access to the private directory I have set up. All others users are to be completely restricted from accessing that directory.

chrism01 · 06-02-2009, 05:46 PM

In that case, create a new user/group that owns the dir and add the 2 users to that group.
Use

chmod g+s <dir>

to force group ownership of all files in the dir.

Use

chmod o= <dir>

to remove access for 'others'