Grant access rights to one specific directory [closed] - linux

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Since I am not that experienced with Linux this might be an easy, if not too simple question for you. Recently I met an old friend of mine and I want to exchange some files with him. In fact I could send the files by E-Mail or share them by Dropbox or something like that but I want to make use of Linux and my RaspberryPi.
Here, the RaspberryPi can be accessed via SSH and I want my friend to be able to access one specific directory. The one where I place the files.
I don't want him to mess around in the system. Ideally he should be able to only see this one directory.
Is it enough if I create a user and put the files in his home directory?
Thanks in advance

See this introduction to permission management on Linux.
To answer your Question:
Is it enough if I create a user and put the files in his home directory?
Yes, but it's not a perfect solution because the home folder of an user contains some subfolders.

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