Re: Learning Permissions

From: Michael Heiming (michael+USENET_at_www.heiming.de)
Date: 02/21/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:48:37 +0100

In comp.os.linux.setup Peter T. Breuer <ptb@lab.it.uc3m.es>:
> stephen <stephen-d@rogers.com> wrote:
>> The type of problems I am running into relate to user and server
>> permissions.

[..]

>> Instead of quick fixes I want to learn this topic properly and

> What "topic"? You are taking a lad of unreported error messages and
> calling it a "topic". There is no mystery. Permissions on a file or
> directory are what they say they are.

Sure, because you don't need to think about them.;-)

>> thoroughly. I could not find any good web resources.

> On what?

"Unix file permissions" might be one.

Google says:

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~rc/help/faq/permissions.html
http://www.december.com/unix/tutor/permissions.html

>> Can someone direct me to one? Or suggest a good book?

> Any book. There will be at least a page on unix permissions.

> Try and understand that you need to concentrate on ONE thing. Not a
> dozen. Make a concrete question up and put it down here.

Amen, in addition "Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition" should be
helpful to the OP:

http://www.gnoppix.org/pages/rute/

BTW
Sorry, if we don't have "better" questions currently.
;) 

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