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A summary of Unix permissions

Here’s a quick overview of Unix permissions: A file, or directory, has associated permissions for an owner, a group and for all other users. Each of those three categories, owner, group or world, can have permissions for being able to read, write, and execute a file or directory on the system. Each is set to either 1 (true, able […]

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