Mapping directories

[wcr3d]

Hello,
I have 3 other hard drives in my pc. I was wanting to know the best way to give users access to directories on them drives. Any help would be appreciated.

[envirocbr]

chmod command maybe might help.

man chmod if you need help.

[likwid]

You need to make sure they are mounted. I suggest you make symlinks to each of the drives in the user's home directories. Then chmod will let you set the permissions.

[wcr3d]

Ok, I have tried this....
ln -s /mnt/directory /home/user/Desktop/directory
chown user:user /home/user/Desktop/directory
There was no error return on the command but also no change in ownership.
When you log on as the user and try the symlink it says the file/folder doesn't exist.
I tested that it was truly mounted.
Thank you

[likwid]

You can't change the permissions on a symlink. I guess what you're looking for is a hard link.

[devils casper]

I have 3 other hard drives in my pc. I was wanting to know the best way to give users access to directories on them drives. Any help would be appreciated.

set umask=0 for other disk's partitions in /etc/fstab file and create symlinks as suggested by likwid. umask=0 enables read/write access for all users.





Casper