Problem : I encountered an option for chmod: chmod 777 /tyr/…. What is 777 for? Solution : The world, the […]
Tag: file-permissions
Is there any existing tool to recursively substitute the UID/GID by any other?
Problem : I used to own the UID #1000 on my personal computers as it is the default in most […]
How to copy a file from one user’s home to another user’s home
Problem : So I have userA, and userB, I have password for userA to login, and somebody already setup for […]
Allow app to request authefication
QUESTION : I use ForkLift as default file manager. From time to time some files could be overwritten only with […]
Unix users and permissions and how they interact with web files
Problem : When you issue the command ls in Linux you get this sort of thing: drwxr–r– 1 fred editors […]
List all files/folders a user may delete? Linux
Problem : I want to know how much damage a user can do on my system if he decides to […]
File capabilities (setcap) not being applied in Linux Mint 17.1
Problem : I’ve been trying to get an application to run properly, but it seems to be unable to find […]
Linux – Set Subdirectory as Root for a user/group
Problem : We currently are only using a root ssh login to our server and are attempting to make a […]
How to restore “wheel” user/group?
QUESTION : I deleted wheel group in HDD “get info/permissions” wrongly thinking it was hacker. I now see that my […]
Why can’t I change ownership to ‘staff’ without ‘sudo’?
QUESTION : If I have a file that’s owned by Me and is in group staff, I can chown Me:admin […]