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

In the world of Linux, where multi-user systems and server security are foundational principles, understanding file permissions and ownership is crucial. Whether you're a beginner exploring your first ...

Linux is a multi-user environment, which means more than one user can use the system at one time. Granted, that mostly takes the form of console access (via SSH), because you can't easily have two ...

I am a somewhat newbie. As a regualr user, I can't even copy files from a floppy to my home directory, because permission is denied. I used linuxconf, and gave me root priveledges basically, but still ...

Many Linux commands can do more than you might think. The usermod command is one such command, and it can be very handy.

On a traditional, mutable Linux operating system, the base system files are writable. Everything goes; you and your apps can ...

Last issue, I mentioned that a number of readers were leery of moving to Linux servers because they feared they might lose NetWare’s traditional highly granular file and folder permissions matrix. As ...