All posts by Tuna Peyo

Change file attributes

May 28,93

You can use the chattr command to change file attributes in Linux. You can secure your files by modifying their …

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Set the default permissions for newly created files

May 28,93

By default, when you create a file as a regular user, it’s given the permissions of rw-rw-r–. You can use the …

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Modify file permissions

May 28,93

To modify a file’s permissions, the chmod command is used. Only the owner of the file and root can use …

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Identify file type

May 28,93

Consider the following output of the ls -l command: Notice the first character in each line of the output (the characters …

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Permission bits

May 28,93

In Linux, there are total of nine mode bits that set the basic access permissions. The first three bits set …

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Permissions basics

May 28,93

Permissions in Linux are designed to keep users from accessing other users’ private files and to protect important system files. …

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