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30 questions linked to/from What is "umask" and how does it work?
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Is there any difference between umask value and chmod value? [duplicate]
I'm using umask in fstab settings. What I know is if i set 755 with chmod, the permission will be rwxr-xr-x. But, when I use umask in fstab with 755 value, permission that i get is ----w--w-. Giving ...
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Is it possible to get any folder created within a directory is being created with 777 permission? [duplicate]
I have one requirement in which when I create a directory I want to create it with 777 permission. I did all stuff but not able to do this, anybody knows how to do this? Then please share.
Suppose I ...
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umask (octal form) and umask -S (symbolic form) outputs are different. why? [duplicate]
Related to file and directory permissions and umask: Why the command umask (shows the octal form) and umask -S (shows the symbolic form) show different (actually the option -S shows the bits negations ...
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How to avoid using sudo when working in /var/www?
I want to stop having to use sudo everytime I work in /var/www. How can I do that? I simply want to put all of my sites into this directory and work with them without too much pain.
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What is a terminal and how do I open and use it?
What is a terminal?
How do I open a terminal window?
How do I use the terminal?
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Why can other users see the files in my home folder?
I just added a new, underprivileged "desktop user," and I was surprised to discover that it can see the files in my home folder.
What is the rational for setting up such lax permissions?
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How do file permissions work?
Can you explain briefly the main concepts and command line tools used to manage file permissions?
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Modify permissions to -rwxr-xr-x [duplicate]
I need some help with a homework problem to modify a file's permissions. It wants it to be -rwxr-xr-x? Not sure how to make the user permissions. Thank you.
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Can't execute .out files, getting permission denied
I have written a C++ program and complied it to produce a.out file. However, whenever I try to run it, I get Permission Denied. I read that we can use sudo, but I can't quite get it to work. I use ...
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Why does umask 077 not allow the user to execute files/directories?
I'm using umask 077 ."Other" and "group" do not have any rights, but the user can't execute files/directories.
Why does umask 077 not allow the owner to execute files/directories?
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How to make /sbin/shutdown, /sbin/reboot etc. require sudo again in 16.04?
For whatever reason, we do no longer need to be root (or using sudo) to run /sbin/shutdown, /sbin/reboot etc.
This seems to be because those executables are now symlinks to /bin/systemctl which ...
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NTFS Partition is mounted as read only
It's my first time installing Ubuntu. I deleted Windows and installed Ubuntu 17.04 but there is a problem NTFS Partitions are mounted as read only. What do I need to do?
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File permission management
I would like to be able to move files downloaded by transmission in the name of my primary user.
I added this user to the group debian-transmission, but it is not enough, only the owner has the ...
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/opt folder missing in Ubuntu 14.04
I'm trying to install Eclipse "by the book" in /opt, but when trying to access /opt, it seems that /opt directory doesn't exist in Ubuntu 14.04:
$ cd /opt/
bash: cd: /opt/: No such file or directory
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Permissions issue when trying to save file to /var/www [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to avoid using sudo when working in /var/www?
I have install PHP from this article on my ubuntu computer
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/installing-php5-and-apache-...
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