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Make Different users in Unix or Linux and Set their individual permissions

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http://stackoverflow.com – I want to make different users at my server(say 22.23.34.*) and set each user's permissions to their particular directory only. Lets say my server is having three directories Directory A, B, C => Now root user should be able to access all the directories. He can update , delete etc in all directories. => now let's say I make another user "A". Now I want that "A" can do anything only in his own directory but can only other user's directories. He should be able to perform CRUD operations in Directory "A" only to which he is allocated to. What will be the commands used to create such schema ? (HowTos)

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Submitted by fooubuntu on 03/06/2013 – Made popular on 03/06/2013

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Why are Linux file permissions still so primitive and is this likely to ever change?

Each file/dir can only have an owner and group.

Hi guys

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