permissions question

[Joseph C. Lininger]

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You need to ensure the group has read, write, and execute permission
for the directory, and read write permission for the files you want
to be accessable by the group. The following should accomplish this,
assuming you want the group to be able to read and write all files in
the directory.

chmod g=rwX <directory name> -R

Replace <directory name> with the name of the directory you are
setting permissions on. Also, note that the X is capitalized. If you
don't do this, you will set group execute on all of the files and the
directory, which is not what you want.
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Joseph C. Lininger
jbahm at pcdesk.net
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: <showell at lrxms.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 6:02 AM
Subject: permissions question


> Folks,
> 
> I created a group, I made the directory and set it to be owned by
> root  and the group, I also made all the files owned by root and
> the group, I  then added myself to the group using the usermod
> program, but yet I  can't write to the directory. What could I be
> doing wrong here?
> I read over the man page for usermod and assumed based on what I
> read  that I was on the correct path.
> Any suggestions appreciated.
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
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