© Dennis Matotek, James Turnbull and Peter Lieverdink 2017
Dennis Matotek, James Turnbull and Peter Lieverdink, Pro Linux System Administration, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2008-5_5
Dennis Matotek1 , James Turnbull2 and Peter Lieverdink3
(1)Footscray, Victoria, Australia
(2)Brooklyn, New York, USA
(3)North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Chapter 4 introduced Linux basics and the concepts of users and collections of users called groups. We explained how users and groups own files and objects. We also demonstrated how that ownership, in combination with permissions, controls access to those files and objects. Users and groups are also used to initiate and run processes.
In this chapter, we’ll go into detail ...
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