11-09-2003
Write privilege for user
Is it possible to grant write privileges to a user on a directory with out having to add the user to a group or make the user the owner of the directory?
My background is in Windows and in Windows you can grant specific privileges to a user without having to put the user in a group or making the user the owner of the object.
I'm completely new to UNIX, so I apologize if this is a stupid question.
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NAME
installit - file/directory installation tool
SYNOPSIS
installit [ -o owner ] [ -g group ] [ -O owner ] [ -G group ] [ -m mode ] [ -b backup ] [ -s ] [ -t ] source destination
DESCRIPTION
Installit puts a copy of source into the specified destination.
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