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I just created two new directories:

1) /temp
2) /usr/local/temp

1) What do I need to do to them to make them read/writeable by all users?
2) What do I need to do to them to make them read/writeable only by a
specific group?

Thanks.

$ man chown
$ man chmod

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Why /temp instead of (the possible already existing) /tmp?

Quote:> 1) What do I need to do to them to make them read/writeable by all users?

chmod a+rwx /temp /usr/local/temp
 or
chmod 777 /temp /usr/local/temp

You possible want to set the sticky-bit too:

chmod +t /temp /usr/local/temp

Quote:> 2) What do I need to do to them to make them read/writeable only by a
> specific group?

chgrp your_group /temp /usr/local/temp
chmod 770 /temp /usr/local/temp

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Or set it right away:

# chmod 1777 /temp

;-)

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I go away from the Linux machine sometimes for a week or two and start
forgetting right away. I still sometimes get my chown mixed up with my chmod
when it comes to directory rights and then I can't think straight.

But what you guys showed me is just what I wanted to know.

Also, I wanted to use /temp instead of the already existent /tmp just so I
could see how to make /temp as accessible as /tmp thereby learning the
correct commands. I saw the /tmp directory referenced inside the example
smb.conf file, so I knew it existed. But I wanted to do it manually. Make
sense?

Quote:> I just created two new directories:

> 1) /temp
> 2) /usr/local/temp

> 1) What do I need to do to them to make them read/writeable by all users?
> 2) What do I need to do to them to make them read/writeable only by a
> specific group?

> Thanks.