Check Existing Settings
The easiest way to check existing ownership, group, and permissions settings is to use the shell command ls with the -l option. For example, if you are logged in as daniel and you want to check the settings for file Captura, you would enter the following in the shell:
And you would see something like this after executing the command:
But what does all that mean? Here's a breakdown of the elements related to ownership, group, and permission settings:
Continue to the next page for more examples.