Strategy:
1) create a shared group
2) create a shared directory: /home/shared
3) add all users to this group
4) fix permissions from shared folder and future files inside
$ getent group | grep -i shared # first check if group exists $ sudo groupadd shared $ sudo mkdir /home/shared $ sudo chmod 770 /home/shared/ $ sudo chmod +s /home/shared $ sudo usermod -a -G shared user1 $ sudo usermod -a -G shared user2 $ sudo chgrp shared shared # change group from shared folder
Tips
Files inside 'shared' should be 660.
$ chmod 660
Directories inside 'shared' should be 2770 (770 with SetGID)
$ chmod -R 2770