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Question 1 Update alice files

If you have just completed all the previous tutorials you need not use this setup button. However, if you have skipped part or all of the previous tutorial questions, or when you ran your virtual machine the tutorial files were missing, then the button below will recreate the files which the previous tutorials would have had you create. If you destroy one of the tutorial files you can always press the button again to get them recreated.

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Regenerate tutorial files UNTESTED
intro2 files UNTESTED

Question 2 Octal Code

What is the octal value for the permissions on /home/alice/bigfile? Format the octal code using three digits.

Enter the octal value:

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Octal value of /home/alice/bigfile UNTESTED

Question 3 Other Permissions

What is the "other" permissions on /home/alice/bigfile?

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Octal value of /home/alice/bigfile UNTESTED

Question 4 Remove read and execute

Take away from the scripts directory read and execute (search) permission for yourself ONLY.

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scripts has no self read/execute UNTESTED

Question 5 Impact of no rx

What did removing read and execute do to you ability to look into scripts?

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Effect of no read or execute UNTESTED

Question 6 Add read

Add in read access for yourself on the scripts directory.

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scripts has no self read/execute UNTESTED

Question 7 Impact of no x

What did restoring read access do to you ability to look into scripts?

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Effect of no read UNTESTED

Question 8 Add execute

Restore the directory scripts to read,write,execute for the owner, and read and execute for both others and group.

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restore scripts UNTESTED

Question 9 umask

What umask setting would be required to give, when creating a directory, read/write/execute for yourself, read and execute for group, but only execute for others?

Octal value:

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Octal value needed UNTESTED

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