Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] user and groups names
From: chuck yerkes (Chuck@Yerkes.com)
Date: Mon Dec 08 1997 - 14:18:10 EST
It is claimed, but unverified, that Philip S. Wachtel wrote:
> Does anyone know how to configure atalk so that users can write and read
> files in their home directories as their own user names and read and write
> to shared directories as nobody?
I think you're asking the wrong question.
1st) nobody really shouldn't be allowed to write anywhere
(maybe /tmp). This is the user used for things that
you want NO priviledge for - like web servers, etc.
Having files around that "nobody" can overwrite is
just a bad plan. Think of another user, like "mac".
2nd) You likely really want to setup group permissions. I wish
people would mention their OS, but I'll try:
-Set up the writers in a specific group (not necessarily
their primary group).
-Set a shared directory up with group write privs (and
setgid so the gid of the new files in it are that group).
You MIGHT want to run a cron job that does chmod g+w to
that directory (or use cfengine from cron to watch it).
chuck
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