I have different folders in a linux (certos) directory.
Now i want only one user out of all to have read/write permission to all those folders.
How can i do that
thanks
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I have different folders in a linux (certos) directory.
Now i want only one user out of all to have read/write permission to all those folders.
How can i do that
thanks
Best Answer
EDIT: I don't want to chnage the owner , as i want original owner to do read and write as well
Then you should create a group that includes the original owner as well as this other user and set group permissions to that folder with the new group.
Example, you have 2 users - user1 and user2.
Create a new group that contains only the users you want to have access:
groupadd newgroup
Assign each of those users to that group:
usermod -G newgroup user1
usermod -G newgroup user2
Change ownership and permissions of the directory, do this for each folder:
chown user1:newgroup FOLDER_EXAMPLE
chmod 770 FOLDER_EXAMPLE
I believe this is what you are after.