Workbook 4 File Ownership and Permissions: Chapter 3: Changing File Ownerships with chgrp and chown Flashcards
1
Q
How is the group owner determined for a newly created file?
A
the file’s group owner is set to the primary group of the creator [16]
2
Q
What members comprise a user’s private group?
A
the user and anyone one allowed by that user
3
Q
Which user(s) can change the group owner of a file?
A
Only the administrative user, root, is able to use the chown command [17]
4
Q
Can the user owner of a file change the group ownership of that file to any group?
A
root and the file owner (only to subscribed groups) [17]
5
Q
Give the command line to change the group owner of notes.txt to group cist
A
chgrp cist notes.txt [17]
6
Q
Which user(s) can change the user owner of a file?
A
Only root [17]
7
Q
Give the command line to change the user owner of notes.txt to user adam
A
chown adman notes.txt [17]
