user permiaaions

mvp · 08-25-2003, 05:03 AM

hello people.

I was wondering if anyone know a link to a good tutorial on setting user permissions.
I need to grant a few users access to there own apache dir, so they can upload there webpage.
Also i need to remove users permissions to view home dirs other than there own. (pretty annoying that every added user can view root's home dir)

DrOzz · 08-25-2003, 05:45 AM

its called security, not annoyance....
anyways just to start you off....
type these commands in terminal:
man chown
man chmod
man chgrp

mvp · 08-25-2003, 07:05 AM

okay thanks.

and it is called annoyance when all users can access root's home dir. that is NOT security

MasterC · 08-25-2003, 11:28 AM

Yeah, I was thinking either that was a typo, or DrOzz just misunderstood.

If you have problems understanding anything, feel free to post back, permissions are easily confused at first.

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mvp · 08-25-2003, 04:15 PM

thanks, but i think i got them working

users cant access eachothers home dirs now, so thats good

mvp · 08-27-2003, 01:00 AM

another question .. how do i get the new folders made by users to have the same permissions as the other folders i just changed?

MasterC · 08-27-2003, 01:38 AM

If these are sub folders, look into the 'sticky' bit, or you can change ALL permissions on newly created files by looking at /etc/profile OR ~/.bash_profile (assuming your shell is bash..)

Folders = directories ~ files
Linux sees everything as a file, even devices and directories..

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mvp · 08-27-2003, 05:19 AM

okay man, thanks again

MasterC · 08-27-2003, 01:24 PM

You're welcome

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