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<blockquote data-quote="janeserky" data-source="post: 1838628" data-attributes="member: 372409">I need help with OSX permissions. I have tried to find an explanation on the web but haven't had much luck understanding the comments.I am familiar with the types of permission i.e. - create, read, write and delete, and understand that they can be applied at the file and folder level for different users. I don't understand some of the user groups or the precedence though.I'd like to tackle user groups first. I'm OK with setting up my own groups with different permissions, but am not clear what the default groups are that OSX creates:1&nbsp; &nbsp; what are the groups 'staff', 'system', 'wheel', 'system group' and 'everyone'?2&nbsp; &nbsp; when I check permissions on the 'shared' folder, I can see 2 different sets:2.1&nbsp; &nbsp; using 'get info', I can see 'system', 'wheel' and 'everyone'2.2&nbsp; &nbsp; using 'system preferences/sharing', I can see 'system administrator', 'system group' and 'everyone'Is 'system' the same as 'system administrator' and 'wheel' the same as 'system group'?Thanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="janeserky, post: 1838628, member: 372409"] I need help with OSX permissions. I have tried to find an explanation on the web but haven't had much luck understanding the comments. I am familiar with the types of permission i.e. - create, read, write and delete, and understand that they can be applied at the file and folder level for different users. I don't understand some of the user groups or the precedence though. I'd like to tackle user groups first. I'm OK with setting up my own groups with different permissions, but am not clear what the default groups are that OSX creates: 1 what are the groups 'staff', 'system', 'wheel', 'system group' and 'everyone'? 2 when I check permissions on the 'shared' folder, I can see 2 different sets: 2.1 using 'get info', I can see 'system', 'wheel' and 'everyone' 2.2 using 'system preferences/sharing', I can see 'system administrator', 'system group' and 'everyone' Is 'system' the same as 'system administrator' and 'wheel' the same as 'system group'? Thanks [/QUOTE]

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