Sharing a folder

[Bret Busby]

On 27/11/23 04:32, Bill wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am using Mint 21.2 - Mate.
> 
> On my computer, I have a folder that should be a folder that ALL users 
> should have read, write, create and delete permission. The problem is 
> that the folder called /home/common and should not be associated with 
> any single user.  (There never was a user called "common".)  The user 
> that created this folder had their user account deleted but the folder 
> _as intended_ persists.
> 
> The problem is that the owner of some of the files is the deleted user 
> and access to these files are not accessible to everyone. How can I 
> change the permissions of all the files in /home/common so that
> 
> 1. Allow all other users full access to all the files in the "common" 
> folder.
> 
> 2. the owner of all the files in this folder is the administrator (or 
> root?) of the computer.  (Maybe this step is not necessary.)
> 
> This should not be too difficult but, at the moment, I don't know how to 
> proceed.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Bill Stanley
> 
> 
I suggest trying
sudo chmod 666 /home/common

At the command prompt, type
man chmod
to find more about setting permissions

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Bret Busby
Armadale
Western Australia
(UTC+0800)
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