Basic Unix file permissions - Revision history

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-In the Unix world of file permissions users wishing to access a file (or directory) are divided into three categories, '''''Owner''''', '''Group'''''Italic text'' member and '''Other'''''Italic text''.<br>
+In the Unix world of file permissions users wishing to access a file (or directory) are divided into three categories, '''''Owner''''', '''''Group''''' member and '''''Other'''''.<br>
 Files and directories have an owner and group associated with them, so if you own the file you get the owners permissions and if one is a member of that particular files group then one gets the groups permissions. Outside these categories people get the Other permissions.<br>
 To see the files permissions, you need to type "ls -l", which for example give the following result <br>

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-In the Unix world of file permissions users wishing to access a file (or directory) are divided into three categories, ''Owner'', Group member and Other.<br>
+In the Unix world of file permissions users wishing to access a file (or directory) are divided into three categories, '''''Owner''''', '''Group'''''Italic text'' member and '''Other'''''Italic text''.<br>
 Files and directories have an owner and group associated with them, so if you own the file you get the owners permissions and if one is a member of that particular files group then one gets the groups permissions. Outside these categories people get the Other permissions.<br>
 To see the files permissions, you need to type "ls -l", which for example give the following result <br>

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-In the Unix world of file permissions users wishing to access a file (or directory) are divided into three categories, Owner, Group member and Other.<br>
+In the Unix world of file permissions users wishing to access a file (or directory) are divided into three categories, ''Owner'', Group member and Other.<br>
 Files and directories have an owner and group associated with them, so if you own the file you get the owners permissions and if one is a member of that particular files group then one gets the groups permissions. Outside these categories people get the Other permissions.<br>
 To see the files permissions, you need to type "ls -l", which for example give the following result <br>

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 In the Unix world of file permissions users wishing to access a file (or directory) are divided into three categories, Owner, Group member and Other.<br>
-Files and directories have an owner and group associated with them, so if you own the file you get the owners permissions and if one is a member of that particular files group then one gets the groups permissions. Outside these categories persons get the Other permissions.<br>
+Files and directories have an owner and group associated with them, so if you own the file you get the owners permissions and if one is a member of that particular files group then one gets the groups permissions. Outside these categories people get the Other permissions.<br>
 To see the files permissions, you need to type "ls -l", which for example give the following result <br>
 '''-rwxr-xr-x 1 george2 george2 315 Jul 30 23:41 RadioSure.desktop'''<br>

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 In the Unix world of file permissions users wishing to access a file (or directory) are divided into three categories, Owner, Group member and Other.<br>
-Files and directories have an owner and group associated with them, so if you own the file you get the owners permissions and if one is a member of the files group then one gets the groups permissions. Outside these categories persons get the Other permissions.<br>
+Files and directories have an owner and group associated with them, so if you own the file you get the owners permissions and if one is a member of that particular files group then one gets the groups permissions. Outside these categories persons get the Other permissions.<br>
 To see the files permissions, you need to type "ls -l", which for example give the following result <br>
 '''-rwxr-xr-x 1 george2 george2 315 Jul 30 23:41 RadioSure.desktop'''<br>

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 <span style="background:#7CFC00">- The little dash</span> means that the file is a normal file, as opposed to a directory, for a directory this would be "d"<br>
 <span style="background:#FFDEAD">The following rwx</span> states the Owners permissions, here we have read, write and execute permissions.<br>
-<span style="background:#FFA07A">For the Group members r-x</span> we have just read and execute permissions.<br>
+<span style="background:#FFA07A">Group members get permission of  r-x</span> which is read and execute permissions.<br>