As well as the standard read, write and execute permissions applied to files there are some special permissions. These include SUID, SGID, and sticky bit. SUID stands for Set owner User ID upon execution. Normally when a program runs, it inherits permissions from the logged-on user. When the SUID special permission is applied to a …
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Managing File Permissions
In order to see what permissions have been set on a file the ls command can be used. So what does all that mean? All of the lines start with a string like -rw-rw-r– or drwxrwxr-x. Lets brake this down. The first character can be either – or d, – denotes a file and d …