[ale] Rights to directory

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Carl Forsell wrote:
> 
> Thanks to all who offered suggestions.
> 
> In the wee hours of the AM, a simple solution hit me.  I edited the
> /etc/passwd file to change that one users home directory to the directory
> that he needed to control.

This does not sound like a valid solution.  If the user does not have
permission to access the directory, it does not matter if you set that
as their home directory, they will not be able to access it.  On the
other hand, changing the permissions on the directory, regardless of
who's home directory it is controls the access to the directory.

> 
> Again, thanks for the suggestions.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Forsell <cforsell at roman.net>
> To: ale at ale.org <ale at ale.org>
> Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 10:25 AM
> Subject: [ale] Rights to directory
> 
> >I have a co-located user box running SuSE 6.2.  The owners of the box have
> >asked me to give one of their users total rights to one particular
> >directory. (usr/local/httpd/htdocs)  My concern is in maintaining the
> >ownership that current users have, and just adding this one user.  I am
> >drawing a complete blank on the process.
> >
> >Any guidance?
> >
> >
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