Find files or directories owned by user/group and permission bits 1

Find files or directories owned by user/group and permission bits

Find files or directories owned by user/group and permission bits   Find all files not owned by user

  Find all files not owned by group

Find all files that don’t have specific permissions

  Examples: Find all files that don’t have 755 permissions

Combine all parameters: Find all python files […]

Find world writable files on a Linux system 2

Find world writable files on a Linux system

Discover world writable files (aka with permission 777) will help you sometimes find out which files you missed to secure from your user’s eyes.

If you don’t understand Linux file permission bits you should read this

[MediaWiki] Simple Private Wiki Permissions 3

[MediaWiki] Simple Private Wiki Permissions

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Quick and Dirty MediaWiki Tips

Another wiki tip I needed often back in time was, “how to create a simple private wiki for me and/or my work colleagues?”. Well, wikis are used by so many geeks to reduce productivity or as a stress relief tool for backing up their notes or their precious geek-work. When I needed a wiki for […]