Newbie linux permission question

[Jared Anderson]

We don't kill new-comers, just those who switch back.  ;-)

Marius Toma said the following on 12/06/06 13:12:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm new to linux so do not kill me!
>
> This is what I want if is possible:
> I want to be able to create a new user that can overwrite nobody's 
> (apache user) files, but I don't want nobody to change the files that I 
> created with the new user!
>
> The situation:
> I have a website, that has an online editor so I can edit/create html 
> files. I want with the new user to be able to edit these files (Ex: via 
> FTP, ssh) , but also upload new ones that can not be editable via the 
> online editor
>
> How should the UID/GID look like for the new user?
>
> I created a new user and gave him the same UID as nobody (so I can make 
> the changes I want, for now)... but is not what I want!
>
> Thanks,
> Marius
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