Permissions

[Michael Havens]

I am perplexed.
I know that Hans was good and discussed this at a newbies meeting but I d=
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quite understand it.
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What exactly is 'execute'? I mean isn't executing it just like reading it=
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does reading it imply changing it, but if that is the case what is the=20
'writing' option? Or else is 'x' not execute but change? But again, that =
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the same as 'write'. Or is write like 'add data' whle change is 'change t=
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program'?

Now we move on to 'umask'. The best that I can figure is that everyone is=
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assigned.... No . That doesn't work

What in the world is 'umask'?

:-)~Mike~(-:

By the way, I am no longer the proud owner of RedHat but rather the proud=
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father of a bouncing baby Mandrake!