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Linux and macOS permissions

Linux and macOS permissions

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Linux and macOS permissions

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- Microsoft's NTFS pretty much has a lock on very granular control of file permissions. However, it's not the only game in town. Both Linux and macOS also have this feature, however, theirs is a bit simpler, based on the attitude that you don't really need that much granularity. Now, to understand how these work, we need to understand the concept of owner, group, and everyone, let me show you. I have an account on my Linux machine called Mike. I've actually very creatively made my own group called Mike, because I don't really share it with anybody. So when I log in, I log in as Mike, and I'm in the group called Mike. I'm also in some other groups, but that'll get me started. So I'm working away on my Linux box, and I'm using a program called LibreOffice, which is a wonderful word documenting program, and I create a file called Timmy.odt. Now, the moment I save this file to my computer, I now have read, write, and…

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