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Chapter 9 - Permissions
Commands:
umask – Set the default file permissions
su – Run a shell as another user
sudo – Execute a command as another user
chown – Change a file's owner
chgrp – Change a file's group ownership
passwd – Change a user's password
Today was a bit of a hectic day. Fortunately the chapter 9 is rather straightforward. However, there is one thing that is very often confused: what a particular permission does for the file and what it does for the directory. In order to remember that, here is the Williams Shott's explanation of the permissions:
Commands:
umask – Set the default file permissions
su – Run a shell as another user
sudo – Execute a command as another user
chown – Change a file's owner
chgrp – Change a file's group ownership
passwd – Change a user's password
Today was a bit of a hectic day. Fortunately the chapter 9 is rather straightforward. However, there is one thing that is very often confused: what a particular permission does for the file and what it does for the directory. In order to remember that, here is the Williams Shott's explanation of the permissions:
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