Adding existing user to existing group and providing permissions

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can someone shed some light on this issue

I've set up and installed vsftpd. Created a user ftp-user and created a home directory, so they can log in, and just have access to drop their files here.

>> sudo useradd -d /home/ftp/ftp-user -m ftp-user

This works fine, user successfully logs in over ftp, uploads a file.

I now need to be able to access this ftp-user directory as another user say for example ubuntu. There is a script that runs as ubuntu, and I need to be able to access the directory to be able to grab the files and copy them across to other locations.

I tried to add ubuntu to the ftp-user group:

sudo usermod -a -G ftp-user ubuntu

Although, when trying:

>> whoami
ubuntu
>> cd ftp-user/
>> -bash: cd ftp-user/: Permission denied

Hope someone has an idea - Cheers in advance!

Ah - my permissions weren't allowing me in to the directory, I've updated this. Will try logging in and out. - Thanks! — williamsowen, Feb 16 '12 at 12:24
note that `adduser ubuntu ftp-user` is an easier to remember way to add the user ubuntu to the ftp-user group — stew, Feb 16 '12 at 12:48

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 16 '12 at 12:12

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New groups are only picked up when the user logs in. Log the ubuntu user out then in again.

answered Feb 16 '12 at 12:12

user9517

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running `groups` in a shell will list the current groups for that shell. – stew Feb 16 '12 at 12:50

Adding existing user to existing group and providing permissions

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