From: rcopg@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (Paul Gortmaker) Subject: Re: Passwd file Date: 21 Feb 1993 12:32:07 GMT
Paul.Smith@f1.n2250.z1.fidonet.org (Paul Smith) writes:
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>Additional ?'s...how can I control user access through this channel,
>what needs to be setup for file permissions...it seems that when i do a
>useradd,
>i.e.
>useradd -d /usr/users/jdoe -g users jdoe
>tnow if jdoe was to login serially, he seems to have severely limited
>access...i guess my question is what (EXACTLY) do I need to do in order
>to limited access to directories and give file permissions...
>ALSO, is there any way to engage a 'snoop' mode so to speak...I want to
You have put him in the group "users", which if you look at your
/etc/group file, shares permissions with NO other groups, ie he/she can
only use files that are created by that user, or files that are set with
shared group access, or other access.
Try "man chmod", "man group", "man chgrp", "man chown", "man passwd",
and "man ls" (..the last one for a desc. on the output of a ``ls -l'', desc.
file permissions.) There is also a man page for useradd in the SLS release.
(NOTE: There is no man page for group in SLS, but any machine running Unix
will have it, ie SYSV, BSD, etc.)
Regards,
Paul.