Batch changing your file permissions can save a great deal of time, since you don't have to individually select files to determine who can access or view them. You can change permissions for files in ...

Ubuntu, like other Linux distributions, restricts access to files and system settings by default. Each user account has read and write access to its own files and read access to some system files.

There are instances where users may change the permissions of files and folders on their computers, which can result in file access errors. Apple Discussions poster mlevack writes: "After a Hard Drive ...

Many a time, you need to change the ownership of a file or folder to another user. There can be many reasons to do that — transferring files to another user, an old account is removed, and all files ...

Need to password-protect some files on your Mac? Want to stop them from being edited or deleted by mistake? Or do you just ...

The problem Since upgrading to Leopard, many users have been experiencing permissions problems. Some of these are connected with Group access to their files. A typical symptom is this: you select a ...

As explained above, this error usually occurs due to permission issues. But sometimes, antivirus software can also prevent you from deleting or modifying a file on ...

I'm relatively new to Windows server management. I'm trying to setup folder redirection with GPO. The file server that's getting redirected is in a LXD fedora container. To me this indicates a problem ...

I'm playing around with NTFS permissions here. I'm looking to restrict permissions so that users only see what they have access to.<BR><BR>For example, should an external financial auditor come in, I ...

Google's free cloud storage platform, Google Drive, is a great collaboration tool, but you have to know how to share files and folders to make it fulfill its potential. Illustration: Andy Wolber / ...