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Fix up a paragraph on file permissions, also tidy up some awkward

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wording.

Based on the patch from the PR.

PR:		38976
Submitted by:	Marc Fonvieille <marc@blackend.org>
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Bruce A. Mah 2002-06-11 01:00:53 +00:00
parent 30c1821d70
commit 222082aa93
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00 
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en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml
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@ -151,14 +151,15 @@
<screen>-rw-r--r--</screen>
<para>The first character, from left to right, is a special character
that tells if this is a regular file, a directory, a special
<para>The first (leftmost) character
tells if this file is a regular file, a directory, a special
character or block device, a socket, or any other special
pseudo-file device. The next three characters, designated as
<literal>rw-</literal> gives the permissions for the owner of the
file. The next three characters, <literal>r--</literal> gives the
pseudo-file device. In this case, the <literal>-</literal>
indicates a regular file. The next three characters,
<literal>rw-</literal> in this example, give the permissions for the owner of the
file. The next three characters, <literal>r--</literal>, give the
permissions for the group that the file belongs to. The final three
characters, <literal>r--</literal>, gives the permissions for the
characters, <literal>r--</literal>, give the permissions for the
rest of the world. A dash means that the permission is turned off.
In the case of this file, the permissions are set so the owner can
read and write to the file, the group can read the file, and the
@ -188,7 +189,7 @@
<emphasis>and</emphasis> execute permissions to the directory
containing the file.</para>
<para>There are more to permissions, but they are primarily used in
<para>There are more permissions, but they are primarily used in
special circumstances such as setuid binaries and sticky
directories. If you want more information on file permissions and
how to set them, be sure to look at the &man.chmod.1; man