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04-28-2013

mike_bn

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Question about UNIX file rights

Hello experts,

i am a Unix beginner and to test the rules of file rights (rwx)
i created the file

/root/testdir/subdir/test.sh

and set the rights of testdir,subdir, test.sh (using chmod) to various configurations in order to get an idea
in which case you need which rights. Test commands were

- ls ('Can i read the directory in certain change-mod configurations?')
- less test.sh ('What are the requirements in terms of rights to be able to read a file?')
- test.sh ('When can i execute a file?')

My question is, when testing unix access rights, is there a difference
between referencing test.sh by

./tests. and /root/testdir/subdir/test.sh?

I know that for the first command, i need to be in the directory, but in terms of
access rights, are these to ways of referencing the file test.sh totally equivalent? In other words, does
'less ./test.sh' always work when 'less /root/testdir/subdir/test.sh' and vice versa?
Or is there a configuration for the rights of testdir and/or subdir where one works, and the other not? Same question with executing.

Thands in advance for your help!
Mike

mike_bn

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ubuntu-upload-permission(1)				      General Commands Manual				       ubuntu-upload-permission(1)

NAME

       ubuntu-upload-permission - Query upload rights and (optionally) list the people and teams with upload rights for a package

SYNOPSIS

       ubuntu-upload-permission [options] package

DESCRIPTION

       ubuntu-upload-permission checks if the user has upload permissions for package.	If the --list-uploaders option is provided, all the people
       and teams that do have upload rights for package will be listed.

OPTIONS

       -r RELEASE, --release=RELEASE
	      Query permissions in RELEASE.  Default: current development release.

       -a, --list-uploaders
	      List all the people and teams who have upload rights for package.

       -t, --list-team-members
	      List all the members of every team with rights. (Implies --list-uploaders)

       -h, --help
	      Display a help message and exit

EXIT STATUS

       0      You have the necessary upload rights.

       1      You don't have the necessary upload rights.

       2      There was an error.

AUTHORS

       ubuntu-upload-permission and this manpage were written by Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com>.

       Both are released under the terms of the ISC License.

ubuntu-dev-tools						   November 2011				       ubuntu-upload-permission(1)