How to give permission of a folder to a specific user in LINUX/UNIX

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How can I give permission to a specific user for a particular folder?

I don't want to give permission to the entire group but only to a particular user in the group.

I don't have root permissions.

Best Answer

Use an ACL, these are supported by most Unix derivatives. There is a decent introduction to ACLs on Linux here, and a (more Arch-specific, but still useful) guide here.