[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]
“Last week you learned the basics of using Access
Control Lists (ACLs) and the command associated with them: getfacl,
setfacl and chacl. This week you’ll learn that protecting the
rights of your users is as important as protecting your users from
themselves. You’ll also learn the effects of changes to user’s
rights.“Managing users and permissions is a full-time job. That’s why
your job as System Administrator (SA) exists. Your job is to keep
the system running smoothly for the system’s users. That includes
patching, file maintenance, performance measurement, capacity
planning and user maintenance.“It might sound dehumanizing to say, user “maintenance” but
that’s exactly what you’re doing. You have to create, remove, edit
and maintain user accounts. By maintain, you have to enforce
corporate policy and balance those with user requests. This is
never an easy balance to strike.”