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I have to admit! There are a couple of things, that I miss from Windows: “blue screens of death”, the security and performance (ah feel the irony), but most of all, and this being the import one, some apps. That’s right, there are a couple of apps I really enjoy, that don’t exist in Mac. There’s no good eMule client (and stop yelling about aMule, that’s not the same!) and I miss using my favorite BitTorrent client, uTorrent! Continue reading →

Did my first full clean up to my Macbook… Everything went smoothly, and I can only say, once again Apple has everything going in the right direction!

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Now that we know how to change object’s permissions, let’s take a look at how to change object’s ownerships. Like we have already learned, objects can have two types of ownerships: user ownership, and group ownership. We shall learn how to change both individually, and at the same time. Looks boring? Keep reading so I can change your opinion! (or not…)
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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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