Month 2 · Week 6 of 40

Shell Automation & Permissions

Secure servers and redirect data streams.

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Week Overview

Understand Linux multi-user security models. Learn read, write, and execute bits in octal and symbolic modes, manage system users, and redirect stdout/stderr.

Core Concepts & Topics

File Permissions (rwx) in Octal & Symbolic Format
User and Group Ownership (chmod, chown, chgrp)
Standard Streams: stdin (0), stdout (1), stderr (2)
Redirection Operators (>, >>, <, 2>&1)
Pipes (|) for chaining commands
Hands-On Challenge

Week 6 Project: Multi-tier user permission security audit script.

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What is a pipeline in Unix?

A pipeline connects the standard output of one command directly into the standard input of another, enabling powerful modular text transformations.

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