Re: How to give read only permissions to a directory ro a user?

From: karim (karim3411_at_11yahoo11.com)
Date: 04/25/03

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    Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 14:59:48 GMT

    On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:16:24 -0400, Alex wrote:

    > On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:55:54 GMT
    > karim <karim3411@11yahoo11.com> wrote:
    >
    >>
    >> I have an existing directory that holds the files for a running
    >> application. I created a new user for ftp purposes.
    >> How can I give this user read only access to that directory without
    >> changing any existing access permissions on that directory?
    >> In Windows I can add a user to the ACL and give the user ready only
    >> permission. How is this done in Unix?
    >>
    >> Karim
    >
    > You need to remove world write permission to the directory. If the directory is not world readable, either make it world readable, or make it readable and not writable by a group to which the new user belongs. chgrp(1) group(5) usermod(8) chmod(1).
    >
    > --Alex

    Thanks but this means changing current permissions. I would rather not do
    this because there are applications running that might depend on these
    permissions. Plus the vendors might not support the applications if I play
    with the permissions.

    I will try the setfacl as someone suggested here.

    Karim
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