How to create a group, add users to the group, and have that user access all folders in files in that directory?

Question

I want to basically create a group called Staff. I want staff to be able to access the folder /home/Clients and all of the subdirectories and files inside the Clients folder.

How would I go about creating the group, and how would I create the users to be able to download and access all these files. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Do the following:

1. Add group:

   sudo addgroup staff
   

2. Add user to group:

   sudo adduser mike staff
   

3. Give group access to folder:

   sudo chgrp -R staff /home/Clients
   

4. Set permissions on folder:

   sudo chmod -R 775 /home/Clients
   

5. Make all folders subsequently created inside /home/Clients to be owned by group staff:

   sudo setfacl -dR -m g:staff:rwx /home/Clients
   

Answer 2

I named group of downloaders "dlers" in example. Also change user "joe" enter that group.

sudo groupadd dlers
sudo chgrp dlers /home/Clients
sudo adduser joe dlers 
sudo chmod 770 /home/Clients # users not in group dlers cannot vi