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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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© 2017 Dennis Matotek, James Turnbull and Peter Lieverdink
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Matotek, D., Turnbull, J., Lieverdink, P. (2017). Users and Groups. In: Pro Linux System Administration. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2008-5_5
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