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Given this directory structure:
/parent
/a
/b
Can I prevent the "parent" folder to be removed/renamed/changed permissions by any user other than root, while the user "bob" could freely add/delete/edit files and folders inside it? Like removing "a", renaming "b", creating "c"... but nothing on "parent".
Thank you
You'll utilize chmod and chown to accomplish this:
# Nested Files and Directories #
chown -R bob:bob /parent/*
chmod -R 760 /parent/*
# Parent Directory #
chown root:root /parent
chmod 750 /parent
/parent to get the desired access. Try chmod 755 /parent. Let me know if that works and I'll update my answer =]
chown root:bob (because bob is in the "bob" group): it can cd, but cannot mkdir. I tried chmod 755: same result. I think that a user can mkdir only if the current directory gives him write access. But I don't want that because I don't want the user to delete /parent
/parent (i.e. /parent/1/a, /parent/1/b, etc.) and have bob work out of the nested folder /parent/1. If this is an acceptable solution, I'll edit my answer accordingly.