I propose to make privileges a synonym of permissions.
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- Excerpt:
Short for "file system permissions" - access control based on user, group, or global access.
- Wiki: none
- 109 questions
- 2 followers
- Excerpt:
same as permissions "file system permissions" - access control based on user, group, or global access.
Wiki:
rwx, stand for = [r]ead | [w]rite | [x]execute - privileges, that can be either given/added
+
or taken away-
There are tree groups:
- Owner -
u
- Group -
g
- Other/Everybody Else -
o
- ALL OF THEM -
a
- Owner -