completes and spellchecks the postproduction solution

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From the information given in the text I would create the following users and groups:
We could write a script that takes a CSV file as input but I decided to go the oldschool way and just write a full script.
We could write a script that takes a CSV file as input but I decided to go the old school way and just write a full script.
First we add the groups we think we'll need.
```bash
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groupadd sftpjailed
```
Most of these are self explanitory, but the `production`, `technical` and `sftpjailed` require a bit more explanitation.
Most of these are self explanatory, but the `production`, `technical` and `sftpjailed` require a bit more explantation.
They are *overarching* groups, meaning they group other groups.
From a Linux standpoint they are no different from the normal groups, but we'll use the to group together the technical department and all users that don't need ssh.
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rm -r $sharedhome
```
Both scripts together now give us a basic toolset to add and remove the users we need.
Both scripts together now give us a basic tool set to add and remove the users we need.
They work quite nicely but are not *verbose* at all!
To add debug messages with `echo` all around will become very prone to errors unless we start adding `for` loops and `functions`.
Let's start with a for loop in the remove script.
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The loop in a loop might look intimidating at first sight but it's not super exotic.
For each user is the `$users` list we will look at each group they need to belong to.
for each of those groups we add them with `usermod`.
For each of those groups we add them with `usermod`.
The `eval` is a bit trickier to explain and I would consider it a bit of a *hack* to make it all work.
For each user in the `$users` list we also have a variable with their name.
This variable contains the groups they need to belong to.
The `eval` statement will *evaluate* the expression following and `\$` will interpretate the $ sign *litterally*.
The `eval` statement will *evaluate* the expression following and `\$` will interpretate the $ sign *literally*.
All of this serves to make a call to `$camille` and get `"production script sftpjailed"` in return so we can iterate over the groups.
There are *cleaner* ways of doing this and I would advise you to look into bash [arrays](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Arrays.html).
If you decide to try this out, you *might* run into compatibility issues when testing in `zsh` but from inside a `bash` script you should be fine.
That's it, we now have two fully functional scripts to add and remove our users from the system.
Next up is the directory structure.
## Mapping out the files and folders
I'll be following my suggestion from the challenge outline.
First I think we should create a folder for the film project.
Then we'll go over each department and their files.
It might look a bit daunting but it's a lot of the same command.
* create a directory
* change the ownership
* add the files
* set the permissions
```bash
#!/bin/bash
sharedhome="/home/postproduction/"
movie="awesome_movie_project"
# we'll make a folder to house all the movie data
mkdir -p $sharedhome$movie
# we cd into that directory to make our life easier
cd $sharedhome$movie
echo "we'll create all files here: $(pwd)"
# planning
touch planning.ics
chown marie:planning planning.ics
chmod 664 planning.ics
# scenario
touch scenario.md
chown marie:script scenario.md
chmod 664 scenario.md
# audiofiles
mkdir audiofiles
chown marie:audioengineers audiofiles
chmod 2770 audiofiles
mkdir -p audiofiles/day{01..14}
touch audiofiles/day{01..14}/recording_{00..99}.wav
chown marie:audioengineers -R audiofiles
chmod 2770 audiofiles
chmod 2770 audiofiles/day{01..14}
chmod 0660 audiofiles/day{01..14}/*.wav
# videofiles
mkdir videofiles
chown marie:videoeditors videofiles
chmod 2770 videofiles
mkdir -p videofiles/day{01..14}
touch videofiles/day{01..14}/clip_{00..99}.mp4
chown marie:videoeditors -R videofiles
chmod 2770 videofiles
chmod 2770 videofiles/day{01..14}
chmod 0660 videofiles/day{01..14}/*.mp4
# renders
mkdir -p renders
touch renders/final_render.{wav,mp4}
chmod 664 renders/final_render.{wav,mp4}
chown marie:technical renders
chown marie:audioengineers renders/final_render.wav
chown marie:videoeditors renders/final_render.mp4
```
You can now log in with `filezilla` as any user of the film team and check if their permissions are correct.
Also try to log in with `ssh` and see if you can?
You should not be able to but we'll get to that in a minute.
I urge you to try it out and see think a bit about how you would improve it.
I can think of a few things.
* limit the group `sftpjailed` to only sftp and not ssh
* limit them to the project home directory so they can't walk around (and get lost) the entire file system
* when creating new files the entire owner and permission structure will become one gigantic mess!
We'll tackle all three problems one at a time.
### Limiting the group to sftp
This an `sshd` configuration setting so we'll need to edit the configuration file.
You should know *where* you can find it and if not *how* you can find out where is is located.
At the bottom of the file you'll see a *hint* towards adding rules from specific users and groups.
What would adding the following do you think?
```bash
Match Group sftpjailed
ForceCommand internal-sftp
```
Remember how to *apply* these changes to the `sshd` server?
Go ahead and restart it now.
Can you still log in over sftp?
What about ssh?
### Limiting the users to walk around the server
We can force users or groups to see a different *root* as lowest point of the directory tree.
With *root* I mean `/` and **not** the user `root`!
```bash
Match Group sftpjailed
ForceCommand internal-sftp
ChrootDirectory /home/postproduction
```
Relaunch the server and fire up a new connection.
Can you still walk around all over the server?
### Limiting the total mess new files will make
This a more tricky problem and it can be tackled in multiple ways.
Selçuk and Hugo solved it by using [acl](https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/linux-access-control-lists) and I'll let them do a presentation on how to do it but I'm going old school with [setuid and setgid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setuid) and [umasks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umask).
I'll let you be the judge on which way is the easiest/best.
#### The last and final permissions
Those who did not just *copy/pasted* but read the file creation script must have noticed I set the permissions with four numbers instead of three!
The first number allows us to set the setuid and setgid values.
On directories it forces the ownership of newly created files and directories inside this directory to either the `user` or the `group` who owns said directory.
Sounds confusing?
Test it out on some throwaway directory you create in `/tmp` and you'll quickly see how it behaves.
On files it forces the file or script to be run as the owner or group.
This can be handy but also quite dangerous, especially on scripts.
Luckily Debian does [not allow](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/364/allow-setuid-on-shell-scripts) it's usage on scripts.
A bit more information for you reading pleasure can be found [here](https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-security/understand-the-setuid-and-setgid-permissions-to-improve-security/).
#### Permissions for new files
I invite you to create a throwaway directory somewhere in your own home directory.
Go into it and create a file.
What are the *standard* permissions this new files has?
Now ask yourself, where does this rule come from?
Enter the `umask`.
No, literally, try and see what happens when you enter the command `umask`.
These numbers are a *mask* that gets subtracted from fully open permissions.
For files they get subtracted form `666` and for folders from `777`.
Why would they need to be different for files and folders?
Knowing this, the umask you have is `022` and this get's subtracted from `666`, it makes sense the permissions for your newly created file are `644` no?
Try to change your umask and see how it behaves.
So with all of this in mind, how can we change the default umask for a user?
The solution is twofold.
For shell sessions such as `bash` or `zsh` we would do this in the `.profile` or `.zprofile` files but as most of our movie team users don't have shell access this won't be enough.
I'll leave you with [this](https://googlethatforyou.com?q=linux%20sftp%20set%20umask%20) to figure it out!