Summary Create the Folder:
sudo mkdir /path/to/your/folder
Create Users and Set Passwords:
sudo adduser user1
sudo adduser user2
sudo adduser user3
Create a Group:
sudo groupadd mygroup
Add Users to the Group:
sudo usermod -aG mygroup user1
sudo usermod -aG mygroup user2
sudo usermod -aG mygroup user3
Change Group Ownership of the Folder:
sudo chown :mygroup /path/to/your/folder
Set Folder Permissions:
sudo chmod 770 /path/to/your/folder
Change the owner of /home/username/sharedfolder to newowner:
sudo chown newowner /home/username/sharedfolder
Change the owner to newowner and group to newgroup:
sudo chown newowner:newgroup /home/username/sharedfolder
To allow read, write, and execute permissions for the group:
sudo chmod 2770 /home/username/sharedfolder
Change Ownership Recursively:
sudo chown -R newowner:newgroup /home/username/sharedfolder
The setgid bit ensures that files and directories created within the folder inherit the group ownership of the directory
sudo chmod g+s /home/username/sharedfolder