OK. The actual commands and flags depend on the flavor of UNIX you are playing on (YMMV):
In Linux you add users with the 'adduser' command.
After adding users, you create a group by editing the
/etc/group file and add users to the group. I use the
VI editor.
Now you have users and groups
.
The permissions are based on your different requirements.
Lets say you want the new users to write in the directory
but no modify it.
mkdir /tmp/newdirectory
chown root.newgroup /tmp/newdirectory
chmod 770 /tmp/newdirectory
This means that root will be able to read, write, and search; members of the newgroup will be able to do the
same. Other users and groups will have no permissions
to write, search or read the directory.
It is best, IMHO, for you to read the man pages on chown()
and chmod() and then experiment by changing to different
users (to get a flavor for how it actually works.)