On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 10:36:17AM -0300, Cody Harris wrote: > At 09:19 AM 7/4/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 10:16:02AM -0300, Cody Harris wrote: > >> At 11:14 PM 7/4/2003 +1000, you wrote: > >> >On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 22:47, Cody Harris wrote: > >> >> At 12:54 PM 7/4/2003 +1000, you wrote: > >> >> >On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 11:57, Cody Harris wrote: > >> >> > > Is there a way to impose a type of password protection onto > >folders? > >> >> > > > >> >> > > -Cody Harris > >> >> > > >> >> >Yes. > >> >> > >> >> How? > >> > > >> >One way is by creating specific GROUPS with specific access rights to > >> >specific folders - and actually, using something like Webmin and KUser > >> >are great for this... > >> > >> But that's not "Please enter a password to gain access" > > > >Why in the world would you want that? If a user is logged in, he or she > >has authenticated. Add the user to a group and be done with it! > > But can a user belong to more then one group?
Sure! For example, I have a directory /tunes that I own but assigned the group as "music". I give the group read only permissions, and my wife and daughters can listen to music, but they can't write or erase any of the existing music. Make as many groups as you need. Todd
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