In the world of Linux, where multi-user systems and server security are foundational principles, understanding file permissions and ownership is crucial. Whether you're a beginner exploring your first ...

Because of its Unix heritage, Mac OS X is a true multi-user operating system from the ground up. Yet some people have used Mac OS X for many months without fully realizing what this means -- as the ...

The Get Info window’s Locked option prevents changes on a single Mac, and modifies the item’s Finder icon. Macworld reader Jeff noted that when he uses the Locked option, files stored in iCloud Drive ...

Viewing the content of files and examining access permissions and such are very different options. This post examines a number of ways to look at files on Linux. There are a number of ways to view ...

Is it possible to give a computer object NTFS permissions to read a file on a file server? If a user does not have access to the file, but the computer does, if a user sat at the specific computer, ...

It doesn’t happen often, but either by malware attack or networking snafu (sometimes when computers are removed from a domain), you can lose permissions and ownership of your files. Microsoft Windows’ ...

If multiple employees of your business are using the same computer you should ensure everyone has access to the files that should be shared between users. This ...