By batesm0t3l
Hi, im really new to Linux permissions so I would appreciate help with this simple query.
Ubuntu 14.04.1
I have 2 users root and user1
I have a directory /var/www/html/gallery
The directory is empty
I would like to create a new group add root and user1 to that group and make that group have read, write and delete permissions, (FULL), to the directory, /var/www/html/gallery
Can someone please help me ?
Thank you.
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You can create a new group with the command:
sudo addgroup groupname
You can then add your user to that group with:
sudo gpasswd -a user groupname
Finally, you can give that group permissions to the folder with:
sudo chown -R :groupname /var/www/html/gallery
sudo chmod g+wx /var/www/html/gallery
For more information on modifying permissions, check out:
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