How to use chmod to give a single user from my group permission to my directory?

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so ubuntu noob here but I'm in a group with different people having different usernames. So I made a directory, and I want to share this with a single user from that group. How do I achieve this? I want to give rwx access.

Thank you!!

Possible duplicate of give specific user permission to write to a folder using +w notation — Prvt_Yadav, Nov 07 '18 at 06:06

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 07 '18 at 06:05

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You can use setfacl

setfacl -m u:username:rwx myfolder

This sets permissions for specific users, without changing the ownership of the directory.

answered Nov 07 '18 at 06:05

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thanks! I actually tried it but I got the error setfacl: folder_name operation not supported. Unfortunately I don't have root access so I can't try apt-get. Could you please suggest what to do? – ai_boy Nov 07 '18 at 06:08
@ai_boy check this one https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/402415/255251 – Prvt_Yadav Nov 07 '18 at 06:11

How to use chmod to give a single user from my group permission to my directory?

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