SAMS Teach Yourself Red Hat® Fedora™ 4 Linux® All in One

Summary

In this chapter, you learned about two new Linux file types: executable files and symbolic links. You also learned about Linux permissions—sets of file or directory properties that enable you to control who can read from and write to your files while allowing other users to decide whether you will be able to read from or write to theirs.

Now that you've mastered the basics of saving and retrieving information in the Linux file system and the basics of using the Linux shell when necessary, you're ready to put Linux to work for day-to-day tasks! See you next chapter!