File permissions

[Tony Arnold]

Dick,

Dick Dowdell wrote:

> I'm not really a newbie, but I apparently understand less about Linux
> file permissions than I thought.
> 
> I have a file with the following permissions  -rwxrw-r-x user1:groupa
> 
> When logged in as a user in "groupa", why can't I edit that file?

I think groupa needs write access to the directory the the file is in
for you to be able to edit the file.

Regards,
Tony.