home directory under a home directory

GEEXTER · 04-02-2003, 06:48 PM

I'm trying to create a home directory under a home directory.
Is it possible?

Example:

LOGIN AS ROOT

existing directory: /home/qp

mkdir /home/qp/gess

useradd gess -d /home/qp/gess -p password

chown gess /home/qp/gess

chmod 775 /home/qp/gess

...then when I log in as gess it says I do not have permission to access /home/qp/gess.

Any clues?

MasterC · 04-02-2003, 06:51 PM

If they have "x" attribute on all above directories, then yes. Make sure you just give it X on the directory, so:
chmod a+x /home/qp
would add that attribute, then give the user permission to access that directory, and in turn, access the home directory within it.

AFAIK

Cool

GEEXTER · 04-02-2003, 08:00 PM

Thank you so much. It worked perfectly, MasterC.

MasterC · 04-03-2003, 08:34 AM

Cool, you're welcome.

Cool

tcaptain · 04-03-2003, 09:17 AM

Question (Out of curiosity): Why would you want to do this?