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User write in a subfolder when cant access parent?

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Mar 15, 20265755 views
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I was wondering, i have a webfolder and have permissions set to 770 with group being www-data. I would like to give access to one folder to a friend so he can edit images, css, etc. I made that folder 770 with group being site_name with www-data and him being in the group. So far so good it sounds …

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Fix for: User write in a subfolder when cant access parent?

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He needs execution access (+x) on the parent directory. He will not be able to see or modify the contents, just traverse it. The way to provide it is up to you, use a group if you want, or just give (o+x) if you don't care that other people are able…

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