directory rights

[Angela Swyers_1]

I have created a new directory that I need to have an existing user to have rwx permissions to it. I have a new user that I need to have rwx permissions to that directory, but ONLY that direcotry on the server. The group of the old user has too much privledges on the server so I have created a new group and added the new user to it. It is the group of that directory and the old user is the owner with 770 on it. Yet when I touch a file as the old user the rights are 000. How do I fix this?

[Patrick Wallek]

What's the umask for the olduser? What happens if you add the olduser to the new group?

[Angela Swyers_1]

The umask is 007. The old user is a memeber of the new group.

[Peter Godron]

Angela,
could you create an acl (Access control list) detailing access for the two users?
Regards

[V. Nyga]

Hi,

have you tried to add the old user to the new group?
You can add one user to more groups.
Then create a symbolic link from /etc/group to /etc/logingroup.

HTH
Volkmar

[Angela Swyers_1]

Yes I have already added the old user to the new group.

[V. Nyga]

Have you created /etc/logingroup?