As someone who has traveled the bug-riddled Linux road countless times, let me tell you that invoking root-level access for ...

Figuring out the Linux file system took some time, but once it clicked, everything got way easier. Now, moving around, managing files, and setting permissions feels second nature.

Wired's newly-revamped Webmonkey site has an informative guide on seeing, changing, and understanding file permissions in Unix-like systems. These are the kind of operations and syntax that can ...

This is probably in the wiki - but there seems to be some confusion about permissions, so I'll briefly describe them.There are four numbers that have have to do with permissions - the first is a ...

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.

Out of the box, Linux is a highly secure operating system, but does that mean you can get by without a bit of help? Let's find out.

So I've got a number of Linux systems (mostly RHEL and CentOS 6.5, some *buntu) mounting some NFS exports from an Isilon box, which runs BSD. One subset of my users have complained about new files ...

How to ensure all new user home directories are created without world-readable permissions in Linux Your email has been sent Out of the box, standard users can view other user's home directory. Here's ...

In Linux systems, including Debian 12, the sudo group grants users the ability to execute administrative commands. This provides them with the privileges to install, update, and delete software, ...