On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 22:28 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 22:50 +1000, Ben Stringer wrote: > > If you want every account to have access to the directory, there is > > already a category of permissions for that - no need to put everyone in > > a group. Just make sure the directory has permissions drwxrwxrwx, which > > can be done using "chmod 777 directory". > > I wouldn't do that, it gives unfettered access to *everything*. At > least doing what the original poster discussed, making it for a select > group of users, mitigates some of the security issues. I'm curious - how do you think adding every user to a group and providing group read/write/execute differs from providing global read/write/execute? I believe it is by definition identical. (And, as my first post says, I don't think either idea is advisable). Cheers, Ben > > -- > (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. > I read messages from the public lists. >
