change permissions to copy pictures into backgrounds

Thomas Blasejewicz thomas at s7.dion.ne.jp
Wed May 9 09:55:47 UTC 2012



(2012/05/09 15:11), Patrick Asselman wrote:
> It's always good to ask questions :-)
>
> Part of the answer probably lies in the background of Linux. It is 
> designed as a multi-user system. That is why security of files is 
> always used. Think of a system with 50 users, and 3 of those area 
> allowed to change system settings. You don't want all of those users 
> changing pictures in a shared directory. This is where the ownership 
> of files comes in, and users and user-groups.

THANK YOU!!!
Now, THAT explains a lot and makes it easy to accept, that I cannot do 
here what I originally wanted to do.

No further questions.
Thomas Blasejewicz





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