How to share files and folders between users of a same mac

Question

Hello,
I would like to share a folder among users of the same Mac. I have a folder called toto, containing files and folders and i would like to share toto with other users of my mac. I would like the other users to be able to read and write every file contained in the shared folder toto.
Is it possible ?
Thanks a lot,
Franck

Answer 1

Yes, that works for items that are already there, but would have to keep being repeated for newly-created items.
Actually, using chmod -R 777 <folder> raises a Unix question for me that perhaps a more knowledgeable person here can answer for both of us.
Setting the  "x" bit on an enclosed folder would make it "searchable", which is what you want here, while setting the "x" bit on an enclosed file would make it "executable", which would not be intended.   It's  my understanding that if you use chmod -R 777 you will set the "x" bit on all enclosed items, including the files, while using, say, chmod -R a+rwX would only set the x bit on enclosed folders, not the enclosed files. My question for someone here is, should you therefore never use chmod -R 777 on an enclosing folder and instead always  use something like chmod -R a+rwX?  Does it make any difference in practice whether or not your datafiles are inadvertently made "executable?"