Re: unix nube question
From: Bill Marcum (bmarcum_at_iglou.com.urgent)
Date: 03/05/05
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Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 11:30:05 -0500
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On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 09:58:52 +0200, Eli Aran
<eli_yardena@hotmail.com> wrote:
> hi there
> i am learning unix on my own
> i need some elaboration on the concept
> of file and directory permissions.
> i dont understand the concept of "others" (the third option regarding
> permissions)
> who is others? how do they access the file system?
> if they can effectively access the FS then are they not assigned a group to
> belong to? a username and password? in that case what is the reason for
> haveing a third alternative as "others"? how can anyone belong to "others"
> and gain any type of permission to a file/directory?
>
"Others" is a relative term, just as someone who is my friend may be a
stranger to you.
A user can belong to any one of several groups. Each file is owned by
one user and one group. For a particular file or directory, "others" is
any user who is not the file's owner or a member of the file's group.
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