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Re: chmod and permission nomenclature
From: |
Bernd Jendrissek |
Subject: |
Re: chmod and permission nomenclature |
Date: |
Thu, 30 May 2002 11:15:02 +0200 |
On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 10:38:13AM +0100, Steve Holmes wrote:
> I get confused between chmods "u" for 'owner' not 'user', and "o" for 'user'
> not 'owner'!
Just *think* differently.
At the moment you think "u=owner" and "o=user", right? Just indoctrinate
yourself with the less confusing alternative: "u=User" and "o=Other". The
meaning of "user" is "the user to whom this file belongs".
Bernd Jendrissek