chmod for a group on a certain directory?

mfeoli · 02-10-2004, 04:42 PM

Hi all,

there it goes a basic question.

How do I give all permisions of a basic directory only to a group of users

let's say I need to give access to /home/admin to the group @adm

chmod ...

hw-tph · 02-10-2004, 05:13 PM

First, change ownership of the directory to the group:
chown root.adm /home/admin
Then make sure the adm group members have read and write access to all files in that tree:
chmod -R g+rw /home/admin

Remember, the execute permission (+x) when applied to directories gives access to that directory, but not the files in it.

Håkan