I have two users and groups in Unix: user1:user1
and user2:user2
.
I have a directory myDirectory
with below details (ls -ltr
)
drwxr-xr-x. 4 user2 user2 35 Apr 27 10:16 myDirectory
Now, I am running a script, myScript.sh
as user1
:
#!/bin/sh
whoami
if [ -f /myDirectory/*.tar.gz ]
then
rm -f /myDirectory/*.tar.gz
fi
cp -f someDirectory/*.tar.gz /myDirectory/
However, I get the following error:
cp: cannot create regular file ‘/myDirectory/myTar.tar.gz’: Permission denied
What am I doing wrong? How can I fix this?
root
. – dogoncouch Apr 27 '17 at 03:49