Coming from a Windows background, I was surprised to find out that when it comes to Linux file permissions, a user can delete a file that they don't own and have no write permissions to. Well, that is the default behavior if you don't set up your ownership and permissions exactly correct. Find out how here. Read more...
This is a bash script that I've used on Ubuntu in order to copy the permissions from a file or directory, onto the whole structure of another directory. I've found that this is something I like to do quite often and wanted some automation for this operation. Read more...