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INVESTIGATION 2: FILE PERMISSIONS
# Issue the following Linux commands: <br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">chmod 740 ~/documents/memos/memo*.txt<br>chmod 740 ~/documents/reports/report*.txt<br>chmod 740 ~/dcouments/contracts/contract*.txt</span><br><br>
# Issue the '''ls -lR''' command for the '''~/documents''' directory to confirm that those regular file permission have changed.<br><br>Let's get some practice setting permissions to allow users to make editing changes to regular files.<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command:<span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">chmod ugo-w ~/documents/memos/memo*.txt</span><br><br>
# Use the '''ls''' command to verify that those regular file's permissions have changed.<br><br>
# Using the nano or vi text editor, open the regular file ~/documents/memos/memo1.txt, type in some text and try to save your editing changes.<br>What happened?<br><br>
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