I know I can chown <user> <dir> but the user2 can still ls it. How do I stop user2 from even listing or ls the directory?
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Lakshaya U.
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Useful links: (0) [`chmod`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod). (1) [Understanding UNIX permissions and file types](https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/183994/108618). (2) [Execute vs Read bit. How do directory permissions in Linux work?](https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/21251/108618) (3) [Do the parent directory's permissions matter when accessing a subdirectory?](https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/13858/108618) (4) Mind [this behavior](https://superuser.com/q/1584668/432690). – Kamil Maciorowski May 01 '21 at 08:13
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I think I figured it out. I need to `chmod 755` the dir after `chown`ing it. – Lakshaya U. May 03 '21 at 02:50