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How many groups can a user belong to?
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Depending on the OS. He could belong to as much as 15. You'll just need to separate the group ID by<br />
a comma in the /etc/passwd file.<br />

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Depending on the OS. He could belong to as much as 15. You'll just need to separate the group ID by
a comma in the /etc/passwd file.


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I need to give a particular user access to delete files in a certain directory, one owned by root - how can I do this?<br />
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I am familiar with NetWare security where you can create a group that has certain access to a directory/directories and you then put users in the group(s) you want. &nbsp;A user can belong to MANY groups. &nbsp;If you can explain the UNIX security in relationship to how it works in NetWare feel free!<br />

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I need to give a particular user access to delete files in a certain directory, one owned by root - how can I do this?

I am familiar with NetWare security where you can create a group that has certain access to a directory/directories and you then put users in the group(s) you want.  A user can belong to MANY groups.  If you can explain the UNIX security in relationship to how it works in NetWare feel free!


Assigning Rights to directories in UNIX

Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 at Bell Labs. Today, it is a modern OS with many commercial flavors and licensees, including FreeBSD, Hewlett-Packard’s UX, IBM AIX and Apple Mac OS-X. Apart from its command-line interface, most UNIX variations support the standardized X Window System for GUIs, with the exception of the Mac OS, which uses a proprietary system.