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For file permissions.<br />
<br />
Do<br />
<br />
ls -l<br />
<br />
<br />
Do you mean the user permissions?
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For file permissions.

Do

ls -l


Do you mean the user permissions?

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Permissions for what exactly?
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sorry.. <br />
<br />
say my username is: user1<br />
I am in the command line, what do I type to find out what permissions user1 has?<br />
<br />
see what I mean?<br />
<br />
thanks
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sorry..

say my username is: user1
I am in the command line, what do I type to find out what permissions user1 has?

see what I mean?

thanks

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Still not clear on what you are asking.
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Do<br />
<br />
id user1<br />
<br />
This tells you what user groups you are in. &nbsp;It shows your SELinux context as well
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Do

id user1

This tells you what user groups you are in.  It shows your SELinux context as well

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ok.... <br />
<br />
I don't have root access to the box. <br />
the admin gave me this username: user1<br />
I want to know what permissions I have or user1 has?<br />
<br />
see what I mean?<br />
<br />

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ok....

I don't have root access to the box.
the admin gave me this username: user1
I want to know what permissions I have or user1 has?

see what I mean?



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Hello experts,<br />
<br />
how do I know what permissions do I have in linux?<br />
<br />
thanks,<br />

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Hello experts,

how do I know what permissions do I have in linux?

thanks,


Linux: how do I know what permissions do I have?

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