Trying to do setup groups, but can't get them working.
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Trying to do setup groups, but can't get them working.
I have two users. (A and B) user A has a directory I want user B to be able to access, but not the others within user A's home directory. I've add second groups to the two accounts, but I can't seem to get it to work. What am I doing wrong or is this the right what to do this?
Access to files is based on the group ownership of the files. By default the user that creates the file will give the default owner and the group inherited from the group of the directory the file is created in.
If a directory is created AND has the group owner changed appropriately, then files created within that directory should have the correct group ownership.
Access to files though, is also controlled by access to the containing directories... If the owners home directory is not accessible to the user, then files within will not be accessible either, even if the group of the file DOES permit access.
Still unable to figure it out. I create the symbolic link in user B's account to A's, but when I try accessing it through the symbolic link I get "Permission Denied.
Is there any information I can give you or maybe a guide. I've been googling this entire time.
Forget symlink; as above, B would need access to A's dirs.
Try my soln above.
Basic steps
1. create new acct for sharing eg ashare, with home dir /home/ashare and group ashare
2. chmod g+s /home/ashare
3. add A & B to group ashare as secondary group http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-l...user-to-group/
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