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

Linux file and folder permissions always confounds me. NTFS permissions are so much easier and more granular in my opinion.<BR><BR>That being said, what is the best way to accomplish the ...

This is probably in the wiki - but there seems to be some confusion about permissions, so I'll briefly describe them.<BR><BR>There are four numbers that have have to do with permissions - the first is ...

Linux provides a number of ways to control who has access to your files and what kind of access they have. Keeping your files private from anyone but those with superuser (root) access is easy on ...

One area that causes confusion is mount points permissions. It makes absolutely no difference what permissions and ownership are set on a mount point before a filesystem is mounted there, as it ...

In last month's issue, I talked about Linux permissions (see "It's Better to Ask Forgiveness..." in the May 2015 UpFront section). I could have covered SUID, GUID and sticky bit in the same article, ...

When using Linux, you will see words such as 'shell', 'grep', and 'process'. Engineer Carl Riis has learned the meaning and mechanism of such basic Linux terms from various websites, and has released ...