Subject: Re: Help with Permissions...
From: Stephen Welker (stephen.welker@nemostar.com.au)
Date: Wed Mar 01 2000 - 21:05:22 EST
on 29/2/00 1:57 PM, Simon Buchanan wrote:
> Could someone please clarify the way to do this:
>
> I have 3 users User1, User2 and User3. All are part of the group
> Users. Here is my AppleVolumes.default file:
>
> # Begin
> #
> /home/public Public access:@users
> ~
>
> # End
>
> The home dirs are fine: rwx by the owner. The public dir is chown(ed)
> root.users
>
> How do i set the ownership/permissions for the public folder so that
> all three users can read, write and trash files from this dir.
>
> I am told to set the sticky bit.. but even doing this the "Network
> Trash Folder" still is shown and users can't trash files as the files
> are owned by one user not the other.
>
> Im sure once someone gives me some examples/help i'll get my head around it :)
>
> Cheers
This is an excert of the response I posted to the list early in January 2000
in regard to the "Network Trash Folder" (a shared forlder).
>> Do a g+x on the Network Trash Folder, and the .AppleDouble directory inside.
>> That should fix it.
>
> It at least made the icon vanish for non-owners.
>
> However, non-owners could not move items to the trash.
>
> So I performed chmod g+rwx on the .AppleDouble directory (this made it like
> all other "folders") and a chmod g+rw on the file "Trash Can Usage Map" (also
> inside the Network Trash Folder).
You may be able to use it for your situation.
-- Stephen
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