Ubuntu server - create group, create user, user specific access

Question

I am new to ubuntu server. How can I create a group lets call that group 'mypeople' then add a user to 'mypeople' lets use user 'brad'.

and have 'brad' only access to /var/www/brad/. 'brad' can write,read,execute in his directory and have shell access.

score 90 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:04

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Creating a group

sudo addgroup groupname

Creating a user into this group

sudo adduser username groupname

Permissions Restriction

See this thread for permissions.

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:04

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answered Jul 30 '13 at 15:36

user7429642

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I got a `adduser: The user \`username\` does not exist.` output. – Kenny Evitt Jul 04 '18 at 20:48
You need to have the user created before adding to a group. Usee adduser 'username' first – Jørgen K. Kanters Jul 23 '19 at 09:40
Just in case, groupname must be in lowercase – Manuel Jordan May 22 '20 at 02:23

Sudesh Lakmal Pathirana · Answer 2 · 2020-07-28T06:42:21.340

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**Creating a group **

we can add the group as below, and also you need to add the group id also.

eg - group name - fpsalph,group id - 10000

groupadd -g 10000 fpsalpha

after that, you can check it by this command.

tail /etc/group

edited Jul 28 '20 at 06:42

answered Jun 19 '18 at 11:55

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