Chapter 21. Manage File Permissions and Ownership

This chapter provides information and commands concerning the following topics:

Manage access permissions on regular and special files as well as directories

Use access modes such as suid, sgid, and the sticky bit to maintain security

Know how to change the file creation mask

Use the group field ...

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