Understanding Permissions With umask

Posted on Fri 07 February 2014 in Linux • Tagged with File Permissions, Linux, Linux Filesystem, umask

Linux was developed as a multi-user system. One big problem with multi-user systems is securing information of a particular user from other users. To do that, a concept of permissions was introduced. When you create a file, you have the right to read and write it. In this article we …


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Understanding init.d Directory In Linux Filesystem.

Posted on Sat 07 December 2013 in Linux • Tagged with Linux Filesystem

init.d is the sub-directory of /etc directory in Linux file system. init.d basically contains the bunch of start/stop scripts which are used to control (start,stop,reload,restart) the daemon while the system is running or during boot. If you look at /etc/init.d then you …


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