From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 19 15:19:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15D0F37B401; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 15:19:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 491F043F75; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 15:19:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mobile.pittgoth.com (acs-24-154-229-196.zoominternet.net [24.154.229.196]) by pittgoth.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h5JMJ3kR009990; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 18:19:04 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 18:04:09 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: Ceri Davies Message-Id: <20030619180409.1c65c382.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030619220634.GF68905@submonkey.net> References: <20030619144421.4edd2826.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20030619220634.GF68905@submonkey.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org cc: jim@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RFC: New section for the Unix Basics chapter. X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 22:19:08 -0000 On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 23:06:34 +0100 Ceri Davies wrote: > On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 02:44:21PM -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > Real quick one here: > > > + Symbolic permissions, sometimes refereed to as symbolic expressions, > > + uses characters in place of octal values to assign permissions to files > ^^^^ > > "use" > > > > + (who) > > + u > > + File Owner > > "u" stands for "user" here. > > > + Most users will do not notice this, but it should be pointed out > > + that using the octal method will only set or assign permissions to > > s/do// Completed, thank you. -- Tom Rhodes