Steve Repo wrote: > On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Jeroen van Meeuwen <kanarip@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Steve Repo wrote: >> >>> I have a f9 system at home and it is used by me, wife and kids. >>> >>> Sometimes we want to share files docs, pictures and stuff. Here are my >>> plans, >>> >>> 1. mkdir /fileshare >>> >>> 2. create "share" group >>> >>> 3. add all users this group >>> >>> 4. chmod -R ug+rwx /fileshare >>> >>> 5. chown -R root:share /fileshare >>> >>> 6. for each user, rm -rf /home/<user>/Public >>> >>> 7. for each user, ln -s /fileshare /home/<user>/Public >>> >>> Whatever they copy to their Public directory, it will be visible by all. >>> >>> Will this work? Is there a better idea? >>> >>> >> In addition to your chmod -R ug+rwx /fileshare command, how about you make >> the group permissions "stick" to newly created files and directories inside >> /fileshare? >> >> chmod g+s /fileshare >> >> Note that all users in the share group can then create/modify/delete all >> files and directories in /fileshare >> >> Note that you are allowing the users to delete the directory /fileshare/ >> itself as well... >> >> > > Thanks for all the tips! How do I prevent someone from deleting /fileshare? > > > The same way you can't delete /tmp. The parent directory doesn't have "w" permission for group or other. -- You are not dead yet. But watch for further reports. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
