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Function of owning group versus ACL group permissions
Given the fact that we can give any number of groups rwx via POSIX ACL's is there any special privileges given to the owning group? For example, we can set any number of users with ACL's but only the ...
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How do I create a hierarchy of UNIX groups as below?
I need to create a hierarchy of UNIX groups. Something like below:
A
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B c
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D e
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f g
...where A, B and D are UNIX groups and c,e,f and g are UNIX accounts that are members of those ...
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“Operation not supported” for setfacl inside a python script [closed]
I've programmed a script using python which logs in as root on the host machine and executes some commands. Therefore it uses ssh. I want to setup acl. If I do following commands in the command line, ...
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What roles do DAC (file permissions), ACL and MAC (SELinux) play in Linux file security?
I need some clarification/confirmation/elaboration on the different roles DAC, ACL and MAC play in Linux file security.
After some research from the documentation, this is my understanding of the ...
