IT 244: Introduction to Linux/Unix
Class 9 Ungraded Quiz

  1. By default, which account is the owner of a file or directory?


  2. Name the three types of access permissions.


  3. Name the three categories of accounts which are used in assigning access permissions.


  4. Who can change the access permissions on a file or directory?


  5. What would you enter on the command line if you wanted to see the access permissions of entries in your current directory?


  6. What is the name of the command you would use to change the access permissions for a file or directory?


  7. Three numbers can be used to specify access permissions when using the command above. Each of these numbers can only be in a certain range. What is the maximum and minimum for each of these three numbers?


  8. If the file work.sh has the permissions given below, what could the owner of the file do? 
    -rwxr-x--x 1 ghoffman grad 0 Sep 27 11:08 work.sh



  9. For the same file, what could the group do?


  10. For the same file, what could every other account do?