Setting up permissions for a user to access certain programme? 2

[stla]

(Elementary user)

We have a programme that we would like to install on our RHL5 server.

It will be located here: /opt/my_programme

To access this programme, it will be necessary for a user to login to the server via ssh and execute commands etc. inside the above directory.

We have a user account called 'jenny'; how do we make the said programme available to 'jenny' so that once logged in, it will be possible to navigate to the desired directory?

Best regards

 

[BadBigBen]

I would:

1. create a new Group

groupadd(8) - Linux man page

http://linux.die.net/man/8/groupadd

2. add all users who are to have access to said program to this group

Howto: Linux Add User To Group

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-linux-add-user-to-group/

3. make access to folder/program through said group

Managing Group Access

http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialManagingGroups.html

Linux File Permissions

http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_file_permissions

Ben

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[QatQat]

And if the program generates/saves files during execution who do they belong to?

You should also set GUID on the directory otherwise files will be unaccessible or they would inherit parent folder rights and /opt is not writable by default.

A seasoned admin would probably use setfacl for this task to get more flexibility and control over the files/folders involved.

man setfacl to check the usage.


QaTQat

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