A user 'xyz' is usually of the group 'xyz' and not 'users'. You can check that with an 'ls -l' in your home. Also the subdirectories src and Classes are going to be root:root if you create them after changing the ownership of the parent. Thomas SMETS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd like to set my /opt directory as a king of shared environment. > I downloaded jdk & jre 1.1.8 / 1.2.2 / 1.3 & set up some script so one > could work with the three in different shells whitout too many clashes. > Now what I want is to lock the directories so every one can see other's > work but cannot overwrite it. I thought doing this would give the answer > but it doesn't ! > Every action is completed under the "root" account (su). > > # From /opt doing that would allow every member of the "users" group > # to be part of the gid allowed for the files > chown -Rv root.users * > > # > # Gives rx access to anyone (only root can modify) > # Every one can access in full control every thing it creates (sticke > bit) > chmod -Rv 6755 * > > Gives out : > mode of jre118/lib/font.properties.ISO8859_15_FDIS changed to 6755 > (rwsr-sr-x) > For every files > > # Creating the Src & destination directories. > mkdir src > mkdir Classes > chmod -Rv 6755 * > > Now I though that as a normal user (su username) : > 1. Could create any file I wanted in the ./src & ./Classes without any > troubles > 2. Would receive the rxw priviledge while others would only get the rx. > > I doesn't seems to be that. > Could one hint to a solution ? > > Tx, > > Thomas, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ========================================== > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > 'lut, > > > > Est-ce que qqn pourrait me dire comment je puis realiser la chose > suivante : > > > > /opt est un repertoire ou se trouve qq appli que je voudrais partager > > p.e. jdk's / jre's / Weblogic / ... (Weblogic cela sera pr plus tard, je crois) > > j'ai ensuite applique : > > chown -Rv root.users * # pr permettre a tt le monde d'etre reconnu comme utilsateur > > chmod -Rv 6755 * # pr permettre a tt le monde de compiler & d'executer ses pgrm Java > > mkdir src # Java source code > > mkdir Classes # Java class files > > > > Maintenant, je desire autoriser n'importe qui a creer des fichiers / repertoires / ... et les compiler, > > mais ss permettre d'ecraser ceux des autres. > > Je n'ai cependant pas reussi a utiliser le Sticky bit avec success. > > Qqn pourrait-il me donner des renseignement sur ce que je dois faire ? > > > > Merci, > > > > thomas, > > -- > > Thomas SMETS Phone : +32 (0)2 742. 05. 94. > Av. de la Braban�onne 133 / 3 e-mail : tsmets @altern.org > 1030 Bruxelles > > ==== Quote of the day ========= > Ignorance is when you don't know anything and somebody finds it out. > ======= End of Quote ========= =-= kk1 ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
