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To change file permissions, you simply need to know the chmod command. Its simple to learn, and there are two different modes to use it: a symbolic mode and a numeric mode. By now you have some hints, on how to use a little of both, so now we get into detail.
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In the last articles, specially on the ls command one, you have seen examples of listing your files and directories. And if you paid attention, you noticed those weird characters right in the beginning of the line. Well, those funny guys are what is called the file/directory permissions, and are used to control access to all system resources in Linux. Did I get your attention? Good! Keep reading!
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You already heard that Linux is safe, and that there are no virus, no spyware… well, in fact, Linux has one small problem regarding security… YOU! Thats right, problem resides between the keyboard and the chair. So let’s start to look to you system in a safer way, learning how stuff works, and not making mistakes in the future.
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By now you should have gathered basic knowledge on your filesystem. You know how to find help, list contents on your directories, copying and moving stuff around and also some theory behind the Linux Filesystem. Now let’s see how can you create and remove directories and files, one by one ore a few at a time!
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Object moving, is like a normal copy, but the source of the object gets deleted, or in special situations, renamed. To be a little bit more technical, when you issue the cp command to copy a file for example, this creates a completely new file system entry, data and inode. On the other hand the mv command simply changes where the file is located in the directory structure, or if you make a mv on a same directory, it simply changes the name of the object.
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