Beginner needs help with grant tables . . .

Beginner needs help with grant tables . . .

I'm in the process of loading my first "real" web site to a hosting service. I need to understand the grant tables, and can't seem to find a beginner's tutorial with practical examples. Can anyone recommend a book or web site with good basic info?

Thanks!!

Scott
Phoenix, AZ



Here are my particulars:

Web Editor:
Dreamweaver/Ultradev

Host's system:
Apache/1.3.27 Server

Admin Interface:
CPanel

My typical grant table:
Across: User, Group, World
Down: Read, Write, Execute, Permission


Here are my questions . . .

1. According to the host service, what's the difference between a User and a Group?
2. What's the difference between Read and Execute?
3. How do I prevent the average person from getting a listing of the "directory" contents while granting access to the files at the same time?
4. How do I set up password access for a particular directory?
5. How do I make sure a directory is completely inaccessable?
6. How do I make an individual file completely inaccessable?

you need to google for basic Linux/Unix administration.

1. According to the host service, what's the difference between a User and a Group?

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/...ers-groups.html

2. What's the difference between Read and Execute?

Read allows a file to be accessed and read, whereas execute permission allows a user to execute or run a binary, or a script or any other sort of programme - something that _does_ something

3. How do I prevent the average person from getting a listing of the "directory" contents while granting access to the files at the same time?

chmod: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/...g-chmodnum.html

4. How do I set up password access for a particular directory?

see 3

5. How do I make sure a directory is completely inaccessable?

see 3

6. How do I make an individual file completely inaccessable?

see 3



christo