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How do permissions on OSX work
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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1838649" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>Mac permissions are grounded in Unix permissions where you have 3 levels of control (read, write, execute) and 3 groupings of control (owner, group, world). On a day to day basis, on a single Mac in your home environment, there are absolutely no reasons to be playing with groups and other type of permissions.</p><p></p><p>In a shared network, for example, you would restrict access to files/folders based on people's groups. For example, you could have a folder just for Finance, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, etc, etc.</p><p></p><p>Your user account usually ends up in the Wheel group.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1838649, member: 110816"] Mac permissions are grounded in Unix permissions where you have 3 levels of control (read, write, execute) and 3 groupings of control (owner, group, world). On a day to day basis, on a single Mac in your home environment, there are absolutely no reasons to be playing with groups and other type of permissions. In a shared network, for example, you would restrict access to files/folders based on people's groups. For example, you could have a folder just for Finance, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, etc, etc. Your user account usually ends up in the Wheel group. [/QUOTE]
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