If you want to change a whole user's permissions rather than give permission to a folder in Linux, you should log in to the Ubuntu desktop as a user with administrative permissions.

Wired's newly-revamped Webmonkey site has an informative guide on seeing, changing, and understanding file permissions in Unix-like systems. These are the kind of operations and syntax that can ...

A lthough its possible to use Windows and Linux interchangeably for multiple tasks, the two operating systems vary on ...

In any case, the extra permissions settings provide a lot of additional functionality to Linux and other Unix systems. For more on file permissions see: Four ways to view files and file ...

For all UNIX systems (Mac OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD—which is what FreeNAS uses), permissions work in generally the same way. Each file and folder has an owner and a group assigned to it, which ...

Figuring out the Linux file system took some time, but once it clicked, everything got way easier. Now, moving around, managing files, and setting permissions feels second nature.

Linux UGW permissions. Thread starter AliceWonder; Start date Jan 29, 2005; Jump to latest Follow Reply Status Not open for further replies. A. AliceWonder Ars Legatus Legionis. 25y ...

I'm having an 'odd' problem in my recently installed Mandrake 9.1 file server (which is replacing my NT4 server box at home)I've mounted a 80gig hard drive as /usr/titan, which I want everybody in ...

The Linux operating system and all its variant distributions inherit a strict ownership model from Unix systems. This means that users must have specific permissions in order to manipulate ...

How to ensure all new user home directories are created without world-readable permissions in Linux Published June 14, 2018 Written by Jack Wallen. Table of Contents. What you’ll ...