3.5 File Security Controls

Let us look at the access permissions required to implement the user isolation policy for Bob’s tower computer. The policy appears in Tables 3.3 and 3.4. First, let us look at access rights for executable programs. FIGURE 3.12 illustrates the appropriate access rights, using two executable files as examples. Regular users receive Read and Execute access. The “System” user receives full access to the file.

An illustration depicts the appropriate access rights to executable files.

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