XPost: comp.unix.internals, comp.unix.questions, comp.unix.shell   
   From: bmarcum@iglou.com.urgent   
      
   ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.unix.questions.]   
   On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 09:58:52 +0200, Eli Aran   
      wrote:   
   > hi there   
   > i am learning unix on my own   
   > i need some elaboration on the concept   
   > of file and directory permissions.   
   > i dont understand the concept of "others" (the third option regarding   
   > permissions)   
   > who is others? how do they access the file system?   
   > if they can effectively access the FS then are they not assigned a group to   
   > belong to? a username and password? in that case what is the reason for   
   > haveing a third alternative as "others"? how can anyone belong to "others"   
   > and gain any type of permission to a file/directory?   
   >   
   "Others" is a relative term, just as someone who is my friend may be a   
   stranger to you.   
      
   A user can belong to any one of several groups.  Each file is owned by   
   one user and one group.  For a particular file or directory, "others" is   
   any user who is not the file's owner or a member of the file's group.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)