You use the chmod command to set each of these permissions. To see what permissions have been set on a file or directory, we ...

Permissions have two parts: an action and a set of users. The three actions—read, write, and execute—define what can be done ...

Linux.Ars is back in action this week after an impressive debut last week. This week's edition rounds up a number of important developments in the Linux world, and it does so without even mentioning ...

Just as your office file cabinets should be off-limits to competitors and snoops, access to the files on your company's computers should be restricted as well. The CentOS operating system enables you ...

ITworld.com – If you have tried to give away any files lately on any of your Unix systems (i.e., without first becoming root), you may have been surprised to learn that you can’t. On most Unix systems ...

Over at the #iphone channel at irc.osx86.hu, the thoroughly awesome NerveGas has figured out how to enable ssh on the iPhone without using restore mode. The secret lies in overwriting an existing ...