Linux
Linux is a popular open-source operating system that is widely used in server environments. By default, Linux systems have simplified ACL-based file permission systems. Unlike a standard ACL-based system, rights are not inherited in Linux and must be applied to all files and folders explicitly. There are three rights and three classes to which those rights can be assigned.
The rights in a Linux environment are:
- Read—Grants a user or group the ability to read a file. If the right is set on a directory, the requestor may read the list of files in that directory.
- Write—Grants the requestor the ability to modify a file. If the right is set on a directory, the requestor may create, rename, or ...
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