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Sunday 11 June 2017

[Linux] How to assign directory to user group

A week ago, I created a directory by terminal as user root.
Today I logged in as normal user and opened this directory but it said that I don't have permission.
Here is the way to grant permissions for user to read and write on this directory.

Data in this example:

- Directory name "Programming";
- New user group name "newGroup"
- Current login user name "approved"

Step 1: Login as root
su

Step 2: Create new user group
groupadd newGroup

Step 3: Add current user to newGroup
usermod -a -G newGroup approved

Step 4: List all users of newGroup and make sure it contains approved
grep 'Programming' /etc/group

Step 5:  Make newGroup as a owner of Programming
chown -hR root:newGroup Programming

 Step 6: Grant permission for this group
chmod -R 777 Programming


That's it  ^_^


Source:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/487527/give-specific-user-permission-to-write-to-a-folder-using-w-notation
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-linux-add-user-to-group/

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