> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 21:18:59 -0400
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joshua LaFriniere)
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> thin book with linux, and I'm trying to find a way to create an accout
> for another person to have access with, but only able to access
> certain files in my account .. ie:
>
You create a new user, and they have their own home directory, etc.
If you, as a user, aren't root (YOU AREN'T ROOT, ARE YOU?!!!), and
when you created your own user account, you didn't specify a group,
you're in the default group named "users". When you've created the
new user, they are in the same group, as well.
Normally, you don't want folks mucking about in your home
directory, playing with things you've set up, etc, so what
you want to do is create a project directory that y'all share.
A good place might be
> mkdir /usr/local/share/ourproj
then put the files you want to share under that directory
cp allthesefiles* /usr/local/share/ourproj
And then make sure the the permissions are correct: you want
it read, write, and executable by user and group, but not other,
so you'd do:
>chmod -R g+w g+r g+x /usr/local/share/ourproj
The -R cause the chmod to recurse down, affecting not only the
directory, but all the files under it, and, if you've copied
subdirectories, it will get them and their contents, as well.
Now you both go work in that directory...and try not to stomp
on each other's feet. Look into sscs, at least, for change
management.
mark
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