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• Make a symbolic link in your home directory to /var/tmp. Check that it really works.
• Make another symbolic link in your home directory to this link. Check that it works. Remove the first link and list directory content. What happened to the second link?
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3.6.5. File permissions
• Can you change file permissions on /home?
• What is your standard file creation mode?
• Change ownership of /etc to your own user and group.
• Change file permissions of ~/.bashrc so that only you and your primary group can read it.
• Issue the command locate root. Do you notice anything special?
• Make a symbolic link to /root. Can it be used?
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