> /mnt/shared is owned by the group "shared" and all have read write
> permissions recursively..

> where else can their permission be denied ??? it doesnt make sense...

Who has access to /mnt ? To have access to a directory in Linux you also
need at least the execute (x) bit set on all the directories above there. If
/mnt has a restrictive set of permissions then users won't be able to get as
far as /mnt/shared.

Julian.
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