From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 19 15:06:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C2C837B401; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 15:06:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (pc1-cdif2-5-cust38.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.101.150.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EB9B43F75; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 15:06:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.20) id 19T7YA-000Iwc-Og; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 23:06:34 +0100 Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 23:06:34 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: Tom Rhodes Message-ID: <20030619220634.GF68905@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Tom Rhodes , FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org, jim@FreeBSD.org References: <20030619144421.4edd2826.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030619144421.4edd2826.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Ceri Davies cc: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org cc: jim@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RFC: New section for the Unix Basics chapter. X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 22:06:37 -0000 On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 02:44:21PM -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: Real quick one here: > + Symbolic permissions, sometimes refereed to as symbolic expressions, > + uses characters in place of octal values to assign permissions to files ^^^^ "use" > + (who) > + u > + File Owner "u" stands for "user" here. > + Most users will do not notice this, but it should be pointed out > + that using the octal method will only set or assign permissions to s/do// Ceri -- User: DO YOU ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR? Iniaes: Sure, I can accept all forms of payment. -- www.chatterboxchallenge.com