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Allow specific user permission to read/write my folder

I have a folder /home/samantha/folder that I want to share with the user tom. He can read/write the folder. How do I do that? chown wouldn't do it because I still want to be able to be the owner of ...
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Can't change owner of folders/files on thumb drive

I have a drive being mounted (either manually or automatically using usbmount) and I can't change the owner or modify the permissions on the mounted drive or folders/files within in order for Mono to ...
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Change default permissions for new files and folders

Every time I create a new file or folder in Linux, it is accessible for r/w by myself, not the group. I want to change my system setting such that every new file or folder will be automatically ...
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