Shared directories (solution)

[Tim Wilson <wilson@chemsun.chem.umn.edu>]

OK, problem fixed. Here's a summary for those of you who are interested.

To create a directory for a group of users to share for purposes of
collaborating and exchanging files easily, do the following:

As root:

# groupadd foo
# mkdir /home/foo

Next step, edit /etc/group and insert a comma-delimited list of users to
add to the group you've just created.

Example snippet from /etc/group (group number may vary):

foo::510:user1,user2,user3

Now, create the permissions.

# chown root.foo /home/foo
# chmod 770 /home/foo
# chmod g+s /home/foo

Now, for convenience you can add a symlink to the shared directory in your
personal directory.

As you (not root) type:

# ln -s /home/foo foo

Log out and back in, and you should be set.

Thanks for all the help. This will be nice for the teachers.

-Tim

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