Category Archives: Tutorials

Linux and UNIX File Permissions Guide

By | 2016-08-25

When you start seeing terms such as octal, binary, sticky bits, set UID, set GID, and ACLs, learning how UNIX file permissions work may sound confusing. Its not so bad after a bit of practice. In my opinion, it is easier than Windows permissions. You don’t need to understand octal and binary. It could possibly… Read More »

VI Tutorial for Beginners

By | 2016-07-09

This vi tutorial should teach you just enough to do some basic editing and understand the documentation. I have tested it with vim and the version of nvi that ships with FreeBSD. It should work with any version. Vi is a popular text editor for UNIX like operating systems created in 1976. Unlike most word… Read More »