It's Easier to Ask Forgiveness......than to understand Linux permissions | Linux Today

It’s Easier to Ask Forgiveness……than to understand Linux permissions

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Shawn Powers
May 7, 2015

 Honestly though, that’s not really true. Linux permissions are simple and elegant, and once you understand them, they’re easy to work with. Octal notation gets a little funky, but even that makes sense once you understand why it exists.

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