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Understanding Access Rights - znx - 2005-08-28
Understanding Access Permissions
Using file/directory permissions can be a little bit tricky when you come from the Microsoft world. At some points I will say "root" or more correctly UID 0, these things are the same.
Main Utilities:
chmod - Change access permissions of files
chown - Change file owner and group
And for more experienced users:
stat - Display file or filesystem status
The access rights determine if a process can access a file in a particular method. These rights specify read, write and execute and are further controlled by user, group and other.
Quick glance at how file permissions look:
Code:
znx@loud $ ls -l file
-rw-r----- 1 znx users 0 Aug 28 01:37 fileTaking each bit as it goes:
-
This represents the file type, file (-) and directory (d) are all you need right now,
there are more but it will just confuse matters.
rw-
The first three indicate the permissions for the file owner (znx), read
Understanding Access Rights - Condor - 2005-08-29
nice tutorial..
Condor
Understanding Access Rights - xDamox - 2005-08-29
Good tutorials znx :) hope to see this on tutorials.linux-noob.com
Understanding Access Rights - znx - 2005-08-29
Quote:nice tutorial...
thank you.. :)
Quote:Good tutorials znx :) hope to see this on tutorials.linux-noob.com
Yeah, im going to expand it to include ACLs as I have to deal with these constantly at work, after which it will defn. be in with the tutorials B)
Understanding Access Rights - anyweb - 2005-08-29
topic pinned and moved
nice one znx, keep up the good work dude !
cheers
anyweb
Understanding Access Rights - znx - 2006-09-02
Wow .. took me long enough to add the stuff about ACLs :)
Understanding Access Rights - anyweb - 2006-09-03
Quote:Wow .. took me long enough to add the stuff about ACLs :)
heh, better late than never :)(that's one of my favorite mottos, and it's so true)
good work znx :)
cheers
anyweb
Understanding Access Rights - Green Possum - 2008-01-20
One small nit. It's UID 0 that's root's UID, not UID 1.
Understanding Access Rights - znx - 2008-01-20
Thanks so much Green Possum, how could I miss something so obvious hehe :)! Fixed