To be a competent Linux user, among other things, you really need to have an understanding of file permissions. Who owns the file or directory? Who can read, write, and execute this file or directory? It is a matter of security. When I was a new developer on my first Linux system, I didn't understand this properly. I just used sudo for everything. Well in this video, I want to teach this to you in 5 minutes. Tune in! Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:25 Permission groups 00:50 In the Ubuntu terminal 01:09 Read, write, execute 01:26 Reading the permissions example 02:20 File example 02:46 How to change permissions 02:51 chown 03:44 chmod 03:53 Linux scoring system 05:02 Common permissions 05:29 Explore yourself Get the cheatsheet - https://travis.media/linux-cheatsheet Video Recommendations ZTM - Learn Linux and Become a Linux Sysadmin - https://geni.us/qj1AA CompTIA Linux+ Complete Course and Exam - https://geni.us/xcDhHka Join the Travis Media Community - https://travis.media/community ** Career Path Coding Tracks ** Web Developer - https://geni.us/jBigBd Software Engineer - https://geni.us/AbMxjrX Machine Learning - https://geni.us/GporLlT Python Developer - https://geni.us/tv2FJBU DevOps Engineer - https://geni.us/MgHtJ ** My Coding Blueprints ** Learn to Code Web Developer Blueprint - https://geni.us/HoswN2 AWS/Python Blueprint - https://geni.us/yGlFaRe Both FREE in the Travis Media Community ** I write regularly ** https://travis.media/ ** FREE EBOOKS ** 📘 https://travis.media/ebooks LET'S CONNECT! 📰 LinkedIn ➔ https://www.linkedin.com/in/travisdot... 🐦 Twitter ➔ https://twitter.com/travisdotmedia​ 🙋🏼‍♂️ Website ➔ https://travis.media/ #linux #linuxadministration #linux_tutorial ** Some of the links in this description may be affiliate links that I may get a little cut of. Thank you.