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File and share permissions

Grant access with groups and least privilege, work out effective access, and read Linux permission modes.

Level
Intermediate
Length
About 40 minutes
Contents
3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
Status
Published · updated 1 Oct 2026
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Skills you'll practise

  • Work out effective access from share and NTFS permissions
  • Grant access through groups following least privilege
  • Read and set Linux permission modes (rwx and octal)
  • Spot over-broad permissions

Course outline

  1. 1.File and share permissionsVideo · 2 min
  2. 2.Who can open whatLesson · 18 min
  3. 3.Linux ownership, groups and special bitsLesson · 15 min
  4. 4.Deny entries, audits and cleaning up accessLesson · 15 min
  5. 5.File and share permissions: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 15 questions
  6. 6.Everyone can see the HR folderScenario
  7. 7.Final exam6 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out

Sources it draws on

The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.

  • Microsoft: Share and NTFS permissions (Windows Server documentation)
  • POSIX file permissions and chmod octal notation
  • Principle of least privilege

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