Hi Mahmood, I believe that the general permissions for a user's home directory prevent access to anyone but the primary user (and root of course). For example:
[user@system ~]$ ls -l /home drwx------. 88 user group 4096 Jul 8 09:12 user Therefore, becoming a member of the correct group will not let you access files in that user's home directory (group has no read, write or execute permissions). You will need to check the permissions of the directories in your "/home" directory to confirm my theory. I hope that is helpful. Regards, Jon Jon Clark Senior Software Engineer [Servelec Tech Logo]<http://www.servelec-systems.com/> D +44 1246 437516 P +44 1246 437580 F +44 1246 437401 A Rotherside Road, Eckington, Sheffield. S21 4HL E [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]%20> W www.servelec-systems.com<http://www.servelec-systems.com> This email including any attachments is for the named person or persons use only. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mis-transmission. If you receive this email in error, please notify the sender, delete the email immediately, and remove all copies from your system. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. All opinions expressed in this message are that of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is so authorised. Any liability (in negligence or otherwise) arising from any third party relying on this email is excluded. The company reserves the right to monitor all email communication for compliance purposes and to protect our business. Servelec Systems is part of Servelec Group plc www.servelec-group.com<http://www.servelec-group.com>. Servelec Systems Limited is a private limited company registered in England and Wales Co. No. 6879601 UK. VAT Number: GB648280518. P Please consider the environment and do not print this email unless absolutely necessary. Servelec Group encourages environmental awareness. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mahmood N Sent: 08 July 2014 11:05 To: [email protected] Subject: changing primary group Hi I changed the primary group of my user name to another on in order to access some folders of that user. However I can not access them. Why? [root@N100 mahmood]# groups mahmood mahmood : devs mahmood [root@N100 mahmood]# groups devs plotfi : devs [mahmood@N100 ~]$ ls /home/devs/tools ls: cannot access /home/devs/tools: Permission denied Regards, Mahmood
