General question about Linux

[Thomas Ward]

Hi, Teddy. Not onlyare the files in test directory viewable, ubut you have
just given everyone on the planet full access to do what they will with
them. Don't ever use 777 unless you know what you are doing.
Now if you want the files to be totally unevalible to others except one user
set it to 700, and only one user has access to them.
Now if you want your users to be able to see the files but not delete them,
modify them, etc 744 is the way to go. This will set it to read write
exicute for the user such as root, but everyone else has read only access.
If you need me to explain how parmissions are defined ask, and I'll tell
you. It is really important to know how parmissions are defined to keep
security up on your system.