[CentOS] Permissions

Thu Aug 3 17:05:35 UTC 2006
Max H. <btmanmeh at verizon.net>

Chris Peikert wrote:
> I am trying to figure out how permissions work in Linux.  In windows if
> I want someone to have access to something you put their name in a group
> then give that group access to that folder. However things can get
> difficult when you have an office with a folder structure like this: 
> Taxoffice-àNames-à Private.  Everyone in the group would need access to
> the Taxoffice folder and names folder but lets say only 4 people out of
> 12 need access to the private folder. 2 of those people need read only
> access and 2 full access. In windows this is easy because you can apply
> multiple groups and peoples permissions to a folder and file. How is
> this done in Linux when all I see is Owner and 1 Group permission?
> 

This a good reference here:

<http://www.freeos.com/articles/3127/>

Max