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Imagine setting filesystem permissions in decimal and not in octal. :)
by megous 5y ago
Imagine setting filesystem permissions in decimal and not in octal. :)
- post-it 5y agoFilesystem permissions are fundamentally arranged in groups of three bits. Octal is a natural representation for them.
- tfigment 5y agoImagine a file system where 2 or more users could have independent permissions to a file without being members of a single shared group or sharing with the world or using bolt-on software to enforce.
- uuidgen 5y agoCurrent permission is really old, backward-compatible and simple system that works well in most situations. setfacl exists is supported for years (although I prefer windows file permission logic to be honest)