LinuxQuestions.org - File permissions for groups in Suse 9.3

Hi all,

I seem to have got myself confused maybe :)

I have a file, called /files with all my music etc in there that I would like to share over my lan via Samba, firstly I would like the users of my Linux PC to be able to read write delete and execute the files and folders under /files.

I created a group in yast called files and added the users that I would like to be able r/w/x/del the files/folders. I then issued:

Code:

blackbox:~ # chgrp -R files /files

no errors, I was happy :) I then tested by using a normal user but this failed to access the /files folder.

I'm a bit stuck really now, here's the details of the permissions for the folder /files:

Code:

blackbox:~ # ls -l /files/

total 22

drwxrwx---  15 root files  488 Jan 28  2003 .

drwxr-xr-x  23 root root  552 Jan 27  2003 ..

drwxrwx---    4 root files  96 Oct  8 08:40 .Trash-0

drwxrwx---    4 root files  96 Oct 27 20:59 .Trash-1000

drwxrwx---  36 root files 1144 Jan 12  2003 Applications

drwxrwx---    4 root files  96 Jan 27  2003 Backup

drwxrwx---  43 root files 1504 Jan 16  2003 Games

drwxrwx---    3 root files  72 Oct 15 19:20 Home Video

drwxrwx---    7 root files  248 Dec 12 10:56 Linux

drwxrwx---  188 root files 6456 Jan 18  2003 Music

drwxrwx---    7 root files  184 Jan 20  2003 Photos

drwxrwx---    6 root files  200 Oct 22 18:05 Video

I previously had it all as r/w/x etc by everyone just so I could get it up and running.

Did I miss something, maybe as it's WAY past my bedtime and the wife is getting angry ;)

Any help appreciated.