AT&T UNIX - Page 190

Changing User Preferences
~ : Any member 0 f the group you have set up can
read or copy any files and search any folders.
Public is the default entry. Any user who can log in
can read or copy any files and search any folders.
Write permissions:
Write protected: Folders and files cannot be updated
or changed by anyone, including yourself, until the
write-protection is removed. A write-protected file
can be deleted unless the folder that contains it is
also write-protected.
Private is the default entry. Only someone logged in
under your user name can edit your files or create or
copy entries into your folders.
~ : Any member 0 f the group you have set up can
edit your files or create or copy entries into your
folders.
Public: Other users can update any of your folders or
files. You should assign Public write permission on a
file-by-file basis to files and folders to be shared
and modified by other users.
Run permissions:
Can't run: A file is not executable. Data, text
files, and folders are not executable: can't run
permission is always assigned to them by default.
Private: Your executable files can be run only by
someone logged in under your user name.
~: Any member of the group you have set up can run
your executable files.
Public is the default entry. Anyone can run your
executable files.
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