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How are default permissions determined (on OS X)?
My (limited) understanding of basic Unix is that any files that are created will be created based on the permissions of the creating user. In particular, the group assigned will be the creating user's ...
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how to remove quarantine from file permissions in os x
I downloaded a .pem file and my Mac OS X (10.8.2) added an @ sign at the end of the file permissions. This is causing file permission issues. I can't seem to remove the quarantine flag. I even tried ...
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Prevent directory permission change (or cronjob to work around)
I have a HostGator dedicated server running CentOS. I have a folder on one user's account where I want all users to be able to have read access, so we keep it chmod'd to 755. HG has a script that runs ...
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Immutable bit on AIX?
Under Linux I can:
chattr +i SOMEFILE
so that even root can't modify the SOMEFILE. Are there any similar solutions for AIX?
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immutable-like flag for perms
Is there any chattr flag that would allow me to lock a file's unix permissons, and not change them without resetting the flag? The file itself should still be modifiable, I just want to prevent ... ...
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what does the “a” in chattr +ia do?
what does the a in chattr +ia <filename> do? and why would you add the a in combination with the i? note: I know the i is for immutable
