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Chapter 3 introduced Linux basics and the concepts of users and collections of users called groups. We explained how users and groups own files and objects. We also demonstrated how that ownership, in combination with permissions, controls access to those files and objects. Users and groups are also used to initiate and run processes.
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© 2009 James Turnbull, Peter Lieverdink, Dennis Matotek
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Turnbull, J. (2009). Users and Groups. In: Pro Linux System Administration. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-1913-2_4
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