Can a link do this for me?

[BobRaney]

Hello,

I have a directory that has a few files that I would like to let all users have access to, many others that I would not. The files that I would like them to see are being created and deleted every day. I cannot change the directory that these files are created in.

/prod/file1
/prod/file2
/prod/file3.txt
/prod/file4.123
/prod/file5.dat
/prod/file6.txt

I would like to have all users be able to see

/test/file3.txt
/test/file6.txt

Is there any way I can use a link to accomplish this?

Thanks,

Bob

 

[predamarcel]

chmod 700 /prod/file1
chmod 700 /prod/file2
etc....
#
chmod 744 /prod/file3.txt
chmod 744 /prod/file6.txt




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[Salem]

A link can't change the underlying permissions of the file - if a user can't read a file, they won't be able to read the file via a symbolic link.

> many others that I would not.
Are you trying to hide the existence of the files, or just the contents of those files?

If you just want to allow access to the files, and don't mind people knowing the names of other files, then something like this.

chmod go-rwx *    # hide all files from everyone else
chmod go+r *.txt  # allow read access to all text files