[Unix file permissions] #terminal

notes.md

• r read
• w write
• x execute

Broken into 4 sections

ls -l

-	rwx	r--	r--
- inicates a files, d - a directory, l - a link	permissions for the owner	permissions for members of the group owning th file	permissions for other users

chmod

If you want to add or remove permissions to the user, use the command chmod with a + or –, along with the r (read), w (write), x (execute) attribute followed by the name of the directory or file.

• chmod +wx filename
• chmod -rwx filename
• for group add g, for user add o chmod g+w testfile chmod o-rwx workfolder

chown

cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd - list all the users