How to create a group, add users to the group, and have that user access all folders in files in that directory?

Question

I want to basically create a group called Staff. I want staff to be able to access the folder /home/Clients and all of the subdirectories and files inside the Clients folder.

How would I go about creating the group, and how would I create the users to be able to download and access all these files. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

George Udosen · Answer 1 · 2018-10-26T06:51:49.587

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Do the following:

Add group:
```
sudo addgroup staff
```
Add user to group:
```
sudo adduser mike staff
```
Give group access to folder:
```
sudo chgrp -R staff /home/Clients
```
Set permissions on folder:
```
sudo chmod -R 775 /home/Clients
```
Make all folders subsequently created inside /home/Clients to be owned by group staff:
```
sudo setfacl -dR -m g:staff:rwx /home/Clients
```

edited Oct 26 '18 at 06:51

answered Oct 25 '18 at 19:57

George Udosen

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When i do #5 it says setfacl: Option -m: Invalid Argument near character 1 – Austin Prado Oct 25 '18 at 20:52
Sorry updated the answer @AustinPrado – George Udosen Oct 26 '18 at 06:52
Just realized for step 2 the command does not work. adduser -g name staff I ran this command but realized it says adduser: user 'name' already exists – Austin Prado Oct 26 '18 at 18:55
That option `-g` should not be there, please see `man adduser`! – George Udosen Oct 26 '18 at 20:32
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This should have more upvotes! Good explanation(s), recursive `chmod`. I wish I could upvote you 10 times, but please settle for this heartfelt "thanks!" since I can't :-) – Nathan majicvr.com Aug 24 '20 at 02:47
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Oh my, @GeorgeUdosen! I didn't even see the "make future folders owned by group x" ! A rare gem of an underrated, new answer! – Nathan majicvr.com Aug 24 '20 at 02:50
[More detail](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3740152/how-do-i-change-permissions-for-a-folder-and-all-of-its-subfolders-and-files-in) on chmod permissions – Nathan majicvr.com Aug 24 '20 at 02:57

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 25 '18 at 19:57

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I named group of downloaders "dlers" in example. Also change user "joe" enter that group.

sudo groupadd dlers
sudo chgrp dlers /home/Clients
sudo adduser joe dlers 
sudo chmod 770 /home/Clients # users not in group dlers cannot vi

answered Oct 25 '18 at 19:57

TadejP

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How to create a group, add users to the group, and have that user access all folders in files in that directory?

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