::Setting user permissions:: ::Newbie question::

XxAndyxX · 03-19-2003, 07:17 PM

Okay, how do I set a certain user on my linux machine to only have read and write (not delete) access to one certain folder?

RH 8.0

-Thanks Andy

Tinkster · 03-19-2003, 07:40 PM

Hmmm ...

You can't ... write is equivalent to delete in this
case. However, you can set the sticky bit on
the directory which means that only the user who
wrote a file to that directory (and root, of course)
can delete or modify it ...

I mean ... think of it logically: if you give the user
permission to write to a file, and he decides to
write it back with ZERO bytes length ... what's the
point of not allowing him to delete it? ;)

Cheers,
Tink

XxAndyxX · 03-19-2003, 07:47 PM

-Andy-

No, you see I want to use Samba as a login for my website... Like a FTP server... So they can upload stuff into a folder. But I don't want them to be able to delete stuff that other people have uploaded

Tinkster · 03-20-2003, 01:55 AM

Read my answer again, then :)

chmod +t </foo/bar/shared_directory>
should do the trick ...

Cheers,
Tink