User groups

Zak · #1 (**permalink**) 05-10-2006

Hi I have a user zak and

4 groups:-

oracle
stats
data
archive

I want user zak to be part of the oracle and stats group but not be able to view,list anything in data and archive. Also anyone in the data and archive group should not be able to view,list anything in oracle and stats....

whats the best way of setting this up...

Thanking you all inadvance for you help!!!

thestevew · #2 (**permalink**) 05-10-2006

Looks like you need tight security! To make this work you would need to set up each of your users with the appropriate pair of groups and make sure that the document directories (and any files in public directories) are owned by a user in the appropriate groups and only allow access to the owner and group.

hope this helps

amro1 · #3 (**permalink**) 05-10-2006

Use setfacl and getfacl. Read man on them.
It extends classical UNIX permissions model so you can tailor it in any way you wish. ACL stands for Access Control List.

Hope it helps.

Zak · #4 (**permalink**) 05-10-2006

thanks for the input guys...its pointed me in the right direction...

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