Assign right permission

[NiCK_76]

hi,

OS:redhat linux
I want to assign permission to a user whom can create and edit file in /home/www , can't delete and rename file in /home/www .

How can I assign permission ?

[Rahul Sharma_2]

As root you can run a script to set the permission of every file created in /home/www to be set with the append only immutable bit:

# chattr +a /home/www/$filename

the /home/www dir should have rw permisissions for the user to create as many new files.

[NiCK_76]

I did to have a try

#useradd jack
#su - jack
$touch test
$exit
#chattr +a /home/jack/test
#su - jack
$vi jack

I can't edit the file that test.......

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Do a few things for me and I can solve this problem.

log on as jack

type the command id

post that output to this thread.

ll -d /home/www
or
ls -ad /home/www

post that output to this thread.

Need complete information to solve the problem.

I could also use id output on the user that currently owns the folder /home/www

Thanks.

SEP

[NiCK_76]

hi,Steven E Protter
Thanks for your help

command output as following
id
uid=903(jack) gid=903(jack) groups=903(jack)

ll -d /home/www/
drwx------ 2 jack jack 4096 Nov 27 19:55 /home/www/

[Steven E. Protter]

Based on the information you have provided the permissions are correct.

jack owns the directory and the permissions are read write execute on the /home/www directory.

If you still can't write to it, I would suggest the following:

As root, remove the directory, if its not empty. If it is empty, rename it.

cd /home
mv www www.old
mkdir www
chown jack.jack www

Then try to write a file.

That should work.

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[NiCK_76]

thank you