Managing Rights

Question 1

Each file or directory has specific permissions for three categories of users:

Answer 1

• It’s owner: Symbolized by ‘u’, as in user
• It’s owner group: Symbolized by ‘g’, as in a group. Represents all the members of the group.
• The others: Symbolized by ‘o’, as in others.

Question 2

Three types of rights can be combined:

Answer 2

• Reading: Symbolized by ‘r’, as in read
• Writing/Modifying: Symbolized as ‘w’. as in write
• Executing: Symbolized by ‘x’, as in eXe-cute.