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Bhanu Awasthi
1,780 PointsWhy changing ownership to "mike" doesnt allow user to write, since a user is allowed with permissions "rw-"
Following is the file permission:
-rw-r----- 1 mike treehouse 427 Oct 10 15:22 hello.txt
1 Answer
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 PointsHi Bhanu,
In the video, Jim changes the owner of the file to Mike (who has read/write) permissions, but Jim does not change the current user to Mike. He continues on with the lesson as the user "treehouse." The file permissions for the group 'treehouse' which is where the current user is a part of only has read permissions. Also, the 'general public' who are neither the 'owner' or part of the group have no permissions.
Near the end of the video, Jim does change the user to Mike (the now owner) to show that he does, in fact, have the permissions to write to the file.
I hope this clears it up for you. Keep Coding! :)
Bhanu Awasthi
1,780 PointsBhanu Awasthi
1,780 PointsHi Jason,
The doubt I was having in mind is completely cleared by your answer. Thank you for a swift reply and help.
Kind Regards
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 PointsJason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 PointsYou're very Welcome. I'm glad it cleared it up for you. :)