Subj : Re: Question about group permission
To   : comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat
From : Bill Marcum
Date : Thu Nov 18 2004 08:40 pm

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On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:56:22 -0500, Ross 
  <Ross@nospam.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
> I have NIS users in different NIS groups. For example,
> user1, primary group group1, secondary group group3
> user2, primary group group2, secondary group group3
>
> Now, the user1 created a directory dir1 as this:
> drwxr-x---  user1   group1   dir1
>
> On my idea, the user user2 should not have access to dir1 because user2 is
> not in group1.
> Actually, the user2 has access to dir1.
> Is it because both user1 and user2 are at the same secondary group group3?
>
> How to restrict user2 from accessing dir1 without removing it from group3?
>
I don't know NIS groups, but what are the permissions of the directory 
in which dir1 is located?


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