Hi everyone I'm brand new to this cool site and have a question for y'all.

I am almost finished this little assignment for school but I'm stuck on a couple things. I'll give the scenario and I'll point out where I am stuck.

...............................Project1................Project2...........Project3

Team Leader.........J.Smith...................J-W Li................K.Poney
Secretary...............P.Marshall..............Y.Luiyan............P.Marks
Members................P.Lee.....................T.Williams..........P.Jacobs

Requirments:
1. Each user must have his/her own account and private storage area for files. <---I have created al users/groups
2. Each project must have storage location for collaborative work
3. All project leaders must be able to share files in a common location.
4. There must be a central repository for files that secretaries can post to <--Don't quite Understand this
5. All project leaders must have the ability to add users to the system as demand dictates.
6. All team members accounts must expire at the end of the year <---Done


I basically have all the users set up in the appropriate groups. I am just having trouble with the proper syntax. I know this can probably be done in the GUI, but I would prefer to learn the code. I know that SUDO plays an Important role for the leaders but I can't figure it out. PS. I have read man pages. Thanks

If I'm understanding you correctly it sounds like you need to be using the 'chmod' command, which adds/removes permissions for the user, owner &/or group. You can check out the man pages if you haven't already & I'm sure they'll give you some idea.

Here is a basic example that I setup for my shared mp3 dir:

chmod 766 /MUSIC

The numbers in this entry represent different levels of permissions. 7 is the highest permission. This allows the user/owner/group to read, write & execute the file/dir.

The 7 in the above entry allows the owner (root) full permissions but only read & execute permissions for the user & group. If you wanted to limit even more permissions you can use a lower number.

I'm assuming this will help you in your project. You can set up a folder in a common location that everyone can use (ie; chmod 777 /directory.name)

Give it a shot. I hope it helps...