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From: aeusesef@csun.UUCP (Sean Eric Fagan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Strange reaction to wierd file mode
Message-ID: <721@csun.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 21-Aug-87 12:31:48 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 21 12:31:48 1987
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References: <719@csun.UUCP> <366@ea.ecn.purdue.edu>
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In article <366@ea.ecn.purdue.edu> davy@ea.ecn.purdue.edu.UUCP (Dave Curry) writes:
>In article <719@csun.UUCP> aeusesef@csun.UUCP (Sean Eric Fagan) writes:
[I say some stuff]
>No surprise.  The three sets of permissions on a file are:
>
>	- permissions for the owner of the file,
>	- permissions for other members of the file's group,
>	  EXCLUDING the owner, and
>	- permissions for other users of the system EXCLUDING
>	  the owner and members of the file's group.
Ok, I wasn't too positive about all of the finer points (sue me, I'm
ignorant).  Anyway, I understand all of this now, and I appreciate all
of the people who took time to respond (even the ones who implied that I was
incredibly stupid).
I just wasn't aware that each set of permissions excluded the others,
but it does make a lot of sense now that I think about it.
Thanks muchly.


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