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File System

 

Files on the instructional machines are part of the distributed file system known as AFS on top of being part of the UNIX file system. This can cause great confusion and excederin demanding headaches. Both file systems allow permissions to be set for files to enable and disable various file functions, such as reading, writing, and executing. In general, AFS takes priority regarding directory permissions, but not file permissions.





Caitlin Howell
Thu Jan 16 20:24:40 CST 1997