Re: Short howto: Make share directory using ACL

Fajar Priyanto wrote:

> Hi Ritesh,
> Sure, ACL can do that just fine. The reason is, we can define each
> directory ACL independently of other directory's ACL.
> 
> So, if we need to give write access to a group on a certain directory, NO
> NEED to put that group into another group that have write access to that
> directory, just set ACL for that group to that directory.
> 
> For example:
> Directory "data"
> Write access: Group A, B
> 
> Directory "secret"
> Write access: Group A, C
> 
> Now, let's say you want Group D to have write access into Directory
> "data", then you dont need to put Group D into Group A, just define ACL
> for Group D into Directory "data". Then D will not be able to write into
> Directory "secret"
> 


Hi Fajar,

Thank you very much for the explanation.

This is exactly what I was looking for. :-)

And the good thing is that most major filesystems have it implemented.

Ritesh
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