Re: [LUG] Read-Only User

[Neil Stone <NeilStone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Cubitt wrote:
> is there a way of making a user on Linux (RedHat 7.3) that has read-only
> access to all files on the system (I don't want to change file permissions)
> if so how can this be achieved.
>
> thanks in advance
>
> regards
>
> Mark Cubitt
>
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By default most users will have read only access to system files. Their 
own files, however, will have them as owner and as sich they will have 
write access.

You could perhaps put the user in a private group and not allow write 
access outside of /home/someuser

HTH


Neil Stone
Systems Administrator
ST Technology

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