Hmmm... assuming all the files and folders under /home/userimgs are owned by userimgs and userimgs has a group called userimgs you should be able to put the user area1 in the group userimgs like so:
Code:
$ sudo usermod -a -G userimgs area1
Of course, I believe you'll have to have root access to do that. If it all works out you then just have to make sure that the files you are wanting to unlink have group write permissions, something like 664. For example:
Code:
$ ls -l
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 userimgs userimgs 1583 2009-02-12 16:52 image.jpg
$ sudo chmod 664 *.jpg
[enter your password]:
$ ls -l
total 4
-rw-rw-r-- 1 userimgs userimgs 1583 2009-02-12 16:52 image.jpg
Let me know if I'm being unclear or if you need any additional help. I'm still new to explaining how I accomplish Linux tasks to people.