Sysad04

What does the 'Read' permission allow a user to do?

• Change a file's ownership

• View the contents of the file

• Run a file or view the contents of a directory

• Modify a file or directory

Which command allows you to modify the access rights of a file/directory?

• chmod

• id

• umask

• su

What does the octal notation '777' represent in file permissions?

• No restrictions on permissions

• Owner may read, write, and execute the file

• Owner may read and modify the file

• All users may read and modify the file

What does the symbolic notation 'u+x' do?

• Allows execute permission for the owner

• Removes execute permission from the owner

• Removes read and write permission from anyone besides the owner and group owner

• Allows execute permission for the owner, group, and everyone else

What does the umask command do?

• Temporarily becomes the superuser

• Displays user identity

• Allows you to execute a command as another user

• Sets the default file permissions

What is the result of the command 'nika:' for the chown command?

• Changes the ownership of the file to user 'nika' and group 'nika'

• Changes the ownership of the file to group 'admins'

• Changes the ownership of the file to user 'nika' and group 'users'

• Changes the ownership of the file to user 'nika'

What is the binary equivalent of the umask '0000'?

• --- rw- rw- r--

• --- rw- rw- rw-

• --- rw- r-- r--

• --- rw- r-- r--

What does the '755' permission value mean for directories?

• Directory owner has full access, others cannot create or delete files

• Directory owner has full access

• Directory owner has full access, others have read and execute permissions

• No restrictions on permissions

What is the result of the command 'go=rw' for symbolic notation?

• Allows execute permission for the owner

• Removes execute permission from the owner

• Sets group owner and others to have read and write permission

• Adds execute permission for the owner and sets permissions for the group and others to read and execute

Which command allows you to change a user's password?

• passwd

• chgrp

• chown

• chmod