Nick, Thanks for the tip, however correct me if I'm wrong, but acl support wasn't added to ext3 partitions until the 2.6 kernel; if this is the case, I believe I'm out of luck, as the box in questions is running redhat es 3; any other ideas? Aaron -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lunt, Nick Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 9:51 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: RE: Question on sudoers syntax Hi Aaron, > -----Original Message----- > From: Bliss, Aaron [mailto:ABliss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 02 May 2006 14:46 > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Question on sudoers syntax > > > I'm sure you guys will know the answer to this straight away; is it > possible to give a specific user access to a specific directory? I > would rather not change the directory permission or user/group > ownership of the directory (nor can I make the user a group member of > the current directory owner); it's not possible to predict the name of > the files that the application creates, only where the files will be; > my goal is to give a specific group of users the ability to do a > directory listing of a specific directory as well as permissions to > more or cat any file in that directory (again, the file name is not > know, only the directory); when I was presented with this, it sounded > like something for sudoers; while I could put together a script that > the users can run, I was hoping that I could just put this into > sudoers. Any ideas? > Thanks very much. Ive never used sudo for this sort of thing. I'd use acl's. Edit the fstab to add acl to the options for the filesystem in question. Then mount -o remount it Then if the user is named FRED run setfacl -m u:fred:rx /some/dir Good luck, Nick . Wesleyan Administration Services Ltd registered number 5188850 and Wesleyan Unit Trust Managers Ltd registered number 2114859 ("WUTM Ltd") are wholly owned subsidiary companies of Wesleyan Assurance Society, whose registered number is ZC145. WUTM Ltd is a member of IMA. For ISA/PEP/Unit Trusts Administration Centre: PO Box 9033, Chelmsford, SM99 2WQ Telephone: 0870 601 6129 Wesleyan Assurance Society and WUTM Ltd are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Head Office, Colmore Circus, Birmingham B4 6AR. Telephone: 0121 200 3003 Fax 0121 200 2971. Website: www.wesleyan.co.uk Telephone calls may be recorded for monitoring and training purposes. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This communication and the information it contains is intended for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. Its contents are confidential and may be protected in law. Unauthorised use, copying or disclosure of any of it may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact us immediately. The contents of any attachments in this e-mail may contain software viruses, which could damage your own computer system. While every reasonable precaution to minimise this risk has been taken, we cannot accept liability for any damage that you sustain as a result of software viruses. You should carry out your own virus checking procedure before opening any attachment. Delivered using mail2.wesleyan.co.uk -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this electronic message is intended for the exclusive use of the individual or entity named above and may contain privileged or confidential information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that dissemination, distribution or copying of this information is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone and destroy the copies you received. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
