You use the chmod command to set each of these permissions. To see what permissions have been set on a file or directory, we ...

The execute bit determines whether or not permission is granted to run a file as a program or script. Setting the execute bit ...

Not sure what forum this should go in so I will start here. Our company is currently running Novell eDirectory. Our main file server is running Suse Linux 11 with the permissions managed by Novell. We ...

You can check user groups in Linux with commands like groups, id, getent, and /etc/group to manage permissions easily.

You can now access most of your Android phone's files from the Linux Terminal app, starting in Android 16 QPR2.

Just as your office file cabinets should be off-limits to competitors and snoops, access to the files on your company's computers should be restricted as well. The CentOS operating system enables you ...

Linux provides a number of ways to control who has access to your files and what kind of access they have. Keeping your files private from anyone but those with superuser (root) access is easy on ...

In the vast landscape of operating systems, Linux stands as a bastion of flexibility and security. Central to its robust security model is the meticulous management of user accounts and permissions.

There are a number of tools that you use to compress files on Linux systems, but they don't all behave the same way or yield the same level of compression. In this post, we compare five of them. There ...

Linux has made it possible for admins and users to get fairly granular with file and folder permissions. This guide will examine both methods of setting permissions. Constantly Updated — The download ...