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I am attempting to run the following startup script on a GCP vm instance:

mkdir /home/example_user/
mkdir /home/example_user/test
echo "hello world" >> /home/example_user/test/.env
chmod 777 /home/example_user/

When I login to the created vm, and the startup script has finished running. I try to confirm the permissions were set properly via:

nano /home/example_user/test/.env

Permission denied

I would like that an user that logins via ssh does not need to prefix sudo with there commands, or enter root via sudo su prior to

nano /home/example_user/test/.env

I have tried

chmod 777 /home/example_user/
chmod a+x /home/example_user/
chmod -R a+x /home/example_user/

How do I properly give access permissions to all users on the vm instance within the startup script?

Matt - Block-Farms.io
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Change permissions of the folder and its children recursively:

chmod -R 777 /home/example_user/

However, there are better strategies. Linux implements the concept of groups. Add the users that should have access to a shared folder to the same group. Then set the folder's group and the permissions for that group.

How to Manage Users with Groups in Linux

John Hanley
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