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→INVESTIGATION 2: FILE PERMISSIONS
# Issue the following Linux command (without arguments): <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">umask</span><br><br>NOTE: You should notice the value '''0077'''. By dropping the leading zero to the left,<br> that would provide the default '''umask value of 077'''.<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">mkdir ~/shared2</span><br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">ls -ld ~/shared2</span><br><br>Do the permissions for this newly created directory match the predicted permissions that you calculated in '''step #2830'''?<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command to create an empty regular file called '''myfile.txt''' in the '''~/shared2''' directory:<br> <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">touch ~/shared2/myfile.txt</span><br><br>
# Use the <span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">ls -l</span> command to view the permissions for this newly created regular file.<br><br>What do you notice about those permissions?<br><br>
