SUSE LINUX Documentation - Index of
SUSE LINUX Documentation - Index of
SUSE LINUX Documentation - Index of
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106 Start-Up<br />
Changing Ownership Permissions<br />
Other important commands to control the ownership and permissions <strong>of</strong> the file<br />
system components are chown (change owner) and chgrp (change group). The<br />
command chown can be used to transfer ownership <strong>of</strong> a file to another user.<br />
However, only root is permitted to perform this change.<br />
Suppose the file Roadmap from Example 3.2, “Sample Output Showing Directory<br />
Permissions” (page 104) should no longer belong to tux, but to the user geeko.<br />
root should then enter chown geeko Roadmap.<br />
chgrp changes the group ownership <strong>of</strong> the file. However, the owner <strong>of</strong> the file<br />
must be a member <strong>of</strong> the new group. In this way, the user tux from Example 3.1,<br />
“Sample Output Showing File Permissions” (page 103) can switch the group owning<br />
the file ProjectData to project4 with the command chgrp project4<br />
ProjectData, as long as he is a member <strong>of</strong> this new group.<br />
3.3 Important Linux Commands<br />
This section gives insight into the most important commands <strong>of</strong> your <strong>SUSE</strong> Linux<br />
system. There are many more commands than listed in this chapter. Along with the individual<br />
commands, parameters are listed and, where appropriate, a typical sample application<br />
is introduced. To learn more about the various commands, use the manual<br />
pages, accessed with man followed by the name <strong>of</strong> the command, for example, man<br />
ls.<br />
In the man pages, move up and down with PgUp and PgDn . Move between the beginning<br />
and the end <strong>of</strong> a document with Home and End . End this viewing mode by<br />
pressing Q . Learn more about the man command itself with man man.<br />
In the following overview, the individual command elements are written in different<br />
typefaces. The actual command and its mandatory options are always printed as<br />
command option. Specifications or parameters that are not required are placed in<br />
[square brackets].<br />
Adjust the settings to your needs. It makes no sense to write ls file if no file named<br />
file actually exists. You can usually combine several parameters, for example, by<br />
writing ls -la instead <strong>of</strong> ls -l -a.