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This lesson covers permissions.
Objectives and Skills
Objectives and skills for the permissions portion of Linux+ certification include:[1]
- Manage file permissions and ownership
- Manage access permissions on regular and special files as well as directories
- Use access modes such as suid, sgid and the sticky bit to maintain security
- Know how to change the file creation mask
- Use the group field to grant file access to group members
- The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- chmod
- umask
- chown
- chgrp
Readings
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Activities
- Complete the tutorial IBM: Learn Linux, 101: Manage file permissions and ownership
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