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Understanding file permissions on Unix: a brief tutorial

(For files on AFS fileservers, see below)

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Every user on a Unix system has a unique username, and is a member of
at least one group (the primary group for that user). This group
information is held in the password file (/etc/passwd). A user can
also be a member of one or more other groups. The auxiliary group