Content preview from Mastering Linux Security and Hardening - Second Edition
- When creating an ACL for a file in a shared directory, what must you first do to make the ACL effective?
A. Remove all normal permissions from the file for everyone except for the user.
B. Ensure that the file has the permissions value of 644 set.
C. Ensure that everyone in the group has read/write permissions for the file.
D. Ensure that the SUID permission is set for the file.
- What is the benefit of setting the SGID permission on a shared group directory?
A. None. It's a security risk and should never be done.
B. It prevents members of the group from deleting each others' files. C. It makes it so that each file that gets created within the directory will be associated with the group that's also associated with the directory. ...
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