Glossary term
What is Owner and group?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Owner and group" means: Every file belongs to one user, its owner, and to one group of users. Permissions are set separately for each. It is taught in Linux for Absolute Beginners. Related terms include Permission, Process, sudo and Service. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Owner and group?
Every file belongs to one user, its owner, and to one group of users. Permissions are set separately for each.
Where is Owner and group taught?
Owner and group is defined in Linux for Absolute Beginners.
Which lessons cover Owner and group?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Linux for Absolute Beginners, lesson 4.2: Read Permissions with ls -l
- Linux for Absolute Beginners, lesson 4.4: Owners and Groups: chown and a Web Folder
Which terms are related to Owner and group?
Next to Owner and group in the course glossaries: Permission, Process, sudo, Service, Root, systemd, Pipe and Package and repository.
PermissionProcesssudoServiceRootsystemdPipePackage and repository
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Owner and group?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Linux for Absolute Beginners: No Linux or programming experience is needed.