Fil System Permissions

File System Permissions-
File System Permissions

Umask : umask is the value with this umask mask value kernel can identify who is going to create a file or directory.

umask is the command to find out umask value


root - umask 0022
normal -umask 0002


default permissions = maximum permissions-umask

For a file :-
   
root
     maximum permissions of a file 666
              

                           umask    022    (-)
                                                 
Normal User
     
      maximum permissions of a file 666
              

                                 umask    002    (-)

                                                 
For a directory


root
     maximum permissions of a directory 777
              

                                umask    022    (-)
Normal User
     
      maximum permissions of a directory 777
              

                                  umask    002    (-)


   
we can change permissions in two methods


 symbolic mode
 absolute mode (numeric mode)



symbolic mode
 

users                 permissions                 operators
u=owner(user)         r=read                          +
g=group               w=write                         - 
o=other               x=execute                       =



chmod is the command to change permissions
 
   syntax: chmod <permissions> <file or dir name>
   ex: chmod u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx ds
(here we are giving full permissions to owner,read&execute for group & others
 

if we want to change permissions for a specific task

  ex: here i want to give write to group

  chmod g+w ds



absolute mode:
 
       In Absolute mode we have to provide permissions in numeric signs

                 
 r = 4
                  w = 2
                  x = 1


 syntax : <permissions of owner,group,other> <filename>
 chmod 755 ds
here we are giving full permissions to owner &read execute to group & others

if we want remove total permissions for others
 

 chmod 750  /home/mahesh

 
   FILE PERMISSIONS(Top Level)
       
We have three advanced file permissions.

       
  suid(su-)
         sgid
         stikybit

 

    suid =4 ,  sgid =2  ,  stickybit=1
suid: 
 suid will be apply only on commands suid is used to provide root previlages on a particular administrative command for a normal user
  

       ex: ls -l /bin/ping

In this example by default suid was applied for ping command thats why anybody can use ping command if we remove ping command nobody can use
check : chmod 755 /bin/ping
now try to ping from any user account(it wont ping) provide suid then ping once again
(providing suid chmod 4755 /bin/ping )
SGID : It is an advanced file permission for group inheritance. parent dierctory group is inherited to all files and directories.
 

  SYNTAX : chmod  g+s  <filename>
   ex     : chmod g+s  /redhat
 


STICKYBIT : stickybit is an advanced file permission through which owner and root can delete his file and no other users to allow to delete files
 

   SYNTAX  :   chmod o+t <file name>
       ex: chmod o+t /redhat
Hard  Link-

-can create only with in a partition
-Inode number will be same.
-original & link file are in same size.
Soft Link-

-can create accross the partitions.
-Inodes numbers are different.
-link file size is less than org.file.
CONFIGURE HARD LINK

     Syntax:  ln <source file> <destination file>
     ex  :      ln /dev/sda  /dev/sdb

 

CONFIGURE SOFT LINK

    
SYNTAX : ln -s <source file><destination file>
     ex  : ln -s /usr/king /root/redhat
ACL (Access Control Lists)
        
   
 To configure different set of file permissions for different users on a single resource (files/folder) Acls are implemented. Acls can be applied on users and groups.
 

To apply an Acl for an user

    SYNTAX : setfacl -m u:<username>:<permissions> <file or directory name>
    ex : setfacl -m u:mahesh:rwx  /linuxadmin


To check acls of file or directory
 

     SYNTAX :getfacl <file or directory name>
     ex : getfacl /bsrtech

To apply an acl for a group
 
    Syntax : setfacl -m g:<groupname>:<permissions> <file or directory name>
    ex  : setfacl -m g:sales:rwx /linuxadmin

To Remove acl
 
     SYNTAX :setfacl -x u:<username>:  <file or directory name>
 

     ex :  setfacl -x u:nabish:  /linuxadmin   (u -user)

     ex :  setfacl -x g:finance:  /linuxadmin  (g - group)


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