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Old 01-21-2009
Specifying read on dir user?

If I have a number of users all in the same group. How do I give read only access to some of them on everyone elses home directory. Is it possible if they are all in the same group??

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user1,2,3,4 can have read/execute on user1-5 home directory, but user5 can only read only have read user1-4
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Old 01-22-2009
This is not possible, to grant permission to some members of the group not all. In this case ACL(Access Control Lists) may help you.
 
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