CIS 3355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: System Administrator, Chown, Octal

• School: University of Houston
• Department: Computer Information Systems
• Course: CIS 3355
• Professor: Miertschin Susan

Document Summary

Viewing permissions using graphical tools: to view file and folder permissions on a linux system using a graphical file manager, right-click on a file or folder and select the properties menu option to view the permissions. In files, the file and folder permissions are listed under the permissions tab: there are three levels of permissions assigned to a file: Others permissions: this is how linux handles all permissions for files and folders on the system, if you are the owner of the file, you can change these permissions using the drop- down boxes in files. If you are not the owner of the file, you need to gain root privileges to do that. 14 17:15 documents drwxr xr x 2 rich rich 4096 feb 14 17:23 downloads rw r r 1 rich rich 8980 feb 14 16:43 examples. desktop rw rw r 1 rich rich 46 oct.