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Old 07-14-2009
How to find out in which directories a user can write?
Hi everybody,

what command can show me the directories in which a certain user can write to?

Kind Regards
FranzB
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Old 07-14-2009
I've simplified this out, because one of my OSes doesn't like a "combined" find it gives wrong results.
assume the username is john and the group number is 1140
Code:
# john is owner
find . -type d -user john -exec ls -ld {} \;
# john's group has write
find . -type d -group 1140  -perm -0020 -exec ls -ld {} \;
# world (other) has write
find . -type d -perm -0002 -exec ls -ld {} \;

Change the "find ." to the directory tree you want to search through e.g.,
find /home
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Old 07-14-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
I've simplified this out, because one of my OSes doesn't like a "combined" find it gives wrong results.
assume the username is john and the group number is 1140
Code:
# john is owner
find . -type d -user john -exec ls -ld {} \;
# john's group has write
find . -type d -group 1140  -perm -0020 -exec ls -ld {} \;
# world (other) has write
find . -type d -perm -0002 -exec ls -ld {} \;

Change the "find ." to the directory tree you want to search through e.g.,
find /home
Thank you very much. Thats what i was looking for.
 
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