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= Permissions =

Graphic User Interface
Follow these steps to access a graphic user interface (GUI) for managing permissions on files and folders:


 * Right click on the file or folder.
 * On the menu that appears, click the Properties menu item.
 * Click the Permissions tab.

Folder Permissions
The following is an example of folder permissions in the GUI:



The following table describes the Folder Access permissions. Changes to Folder Access permissions take immediate effect:

The following table describes File Access permissions. This allows finer-grained control of files within directories. Changes to File Access permissions take effect only after clicking the Apply permissions to enclosed files button.

When the File Access is set to ---, clicking Apply permissions to enclosed files keeps the current file permissions without changing them.

If the Execute: Allow executing file as program box is ticked, execute permissions are applied for everyone to files within that directory. If the Execute: Allow executing file as program box is not ticked, and you click the Apply permissions to enclosed files button, execute permissions are not removed from files within that directory.

If you are a member of a Secondary Group, change the group owner using the Groupdrop-down menu.

File Permissions
The following is an example of file permissions:



The following table describes the Access permissions for files. Changes to Access permissions take immediate effect:

Ticking the Execute: Allow executing file as program box applies execute permissions for everyone to the file.

If you are a member of a Secondary Group you can change the group owner using the Group drop-down menu.