File Permissions
Because FreeBSD is a multiuser operating system, it is important to have some way to protect unauthorized users from getting access to files that they shouldn't have access to. FreeBSD implements file permissions to do this
File permissions are divided into three categories, and are of three types. The three categories are:
| Owner | These permissions determine what the owner of the file can do. By default, the owner is the person who created the file. |
| Group | These permissions determine what group members can do with the file. By default, the group the file belongs to will be the primary group that the owner belongs to. (See the next hour for more information on Users and Groups.) |
| Other | These permissions determine what everyone else can ... |
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