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Understanding file protection

Understanding file protection

Because UnixWare is a multiuser system, you usually do not work alone in the filesystem. System users can follow pathnames to various directories and read and use files belonging to one another, as long as they have permission to do so.

This chapter discusses file attributes that have security relevance. Protection attributes common to all file types include

Other file attributes with security relevance include

File attributes not treated elsewhere are described in this chapter, along with their security relevance.


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