Op Sat, 18 Dec 2004 19:45:55 +0100 schreef [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >In the 'man chmod' page I couldn't find an answer to this question: >how can the administrator give permissions of a certain file or >directory say, to user Paul but not to user Peter? >E.g., suppose I'm the superuser and want to give Paul but not Peter >the permission to read the directory '/'. >With simply '# chmod -r /' I will prevent *both* Paul and Peter >to access that directory. How can I instead specify my choice?
You can create a user-group with permissions to the extent you want and then add the user(s) that should have that permission to the group. After that chown .<newgroup> <the_file_or_dir> as root, and you should be set. After logging in again, the user will have his/her permissions set. Paul -- The best diplomat I know is a fully activated phaser bank. - Scotty http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.php Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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