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any combination of u/g/r permissions can be specified by three unique numbers.
‘700’ means that the user has read, write, and execute permissions (6+4+1) but
that no one else does; ‘644’ means that the user has read and write permissions,
and that everyone in the same group and all others have only read permissions.
It’s easy to change permissions using this notation. To change a file to 644,
for example, just do:
chmod 644 file
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Had I been on my own for this install, I would probably still be going. I had
many patient people around me, who indulged me not only in letting me put
Linux on this box in the first place (it is a company laptop, after all!), but then
in helping me sort out my issues with it.
The best thing I can recommend are LUGs (Linux Users’ Groups), and
there are two relevant ones for Debian: debian-user
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and debian-laptop
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, and
they are excellent resources. Beware, though — especially debian-user is quite
high-volume, so you want to filter your mail before you subscribe!
Thanks
The debian-user and debian-laptop lists
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in general gave me lots and lots of
helpful suggestions, as did the Swarthmore Linux Users’ Group (SLUG).
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http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/
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http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/
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http://lists.debian.org
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