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  • Add user with home directory: sudo useradd -m username
  • As user, change default shell: chsh -s /bin/bash
  • Set temp. password: sudo passwd username
  • Create group: sudo groupadd groupname
  • Add users: usermod -a -G groupname username
  • Make shared directory: sudo mkdir /home/groupname
  • Set group for shared directory: sudo chgrp groupname /home/groupname
  • Add write access for group: sudo chmod g+w /home/groupname
  • "Set GID" for group (all files created owned by group): sudo chmod 2775 /home/groupname
  • Change to different user to test: su - username
  • Try write access: touch /home/groupname/test.txt
  • Change to different user to test: su - username
  • Try write access: touch /home/groupname/test.txt
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