Traditional Unix Permissions
Permissions on Unix-like systems are managed in three distinct classes. These classes are known as user, group, and others. In effect, Unix permissions are a simplified form of access control lists (ACLs).
When a new file is created on a Unix-like system, its permissions are determined from the umask of the process that created it.
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