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Groups and Shared Project Directories

Two engineers need to work in the same directory and a third person must stay out of it. Groups, the setgid bit and a sensible umask do this without any ACLs.

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In this moduleIdentity and Access

  1. User Account Lifecycle30 min
  2. Groups and Shared Project DirectoriesYou are here
  3. Permissions, umask, and Sticky Directories30 min
  4. Access Control Lists and Inheritance35 min
  5. Delegate a Narrowly Scoped sudo Action35 min
  6. Repair SELinux File Contexts30 min