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Challenge: Permissions - Linux Tutorial
From the course: Linux: Files and Permissions
Challenge: Permissions
(upbeat music) - You've now come to the end of the Linux Permissions Chapter. In this chapter, you learned about standard Linux permissions. This challenge will focus on granting access to the users and groups that need it, using standard Linux permissions. Plus, SUID, SGID, and sticky beds. Let's create a scenario with a fictitious company. This company is an engineering company that makes products and sells them to consumers. The engineers create technical drawings and documents, and the marketing department needs access to those items to create marketing material. There will be a shared director at slash home, slash engineering, where the engineers place their documents. All engineers can enter, read and write to those files. Engineers need to be able to read and write to newly created files, as well. Users cannot delete files, not created by themselves. You will need Bob, Ted, and Sally users. Bob and Ted will…
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Standard Linux permissions overview1m 52s
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File and directory modes1m 16s
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File ownership3m 14s
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Permissions using numeric notation3m 2s
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Permissions using symbolic notation4m 44s
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Initial permissions using umask4m 30s
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Special file bits: SUID and SGID4m 59s
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Special directory bits: SGID and Sticky5m 53s
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Challenge: Permissions2m 16s
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Solution: Permissions4m 19s
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