access permission

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access permission - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  permission
  access permission
  
     <file system> (Or "file mode") The ability to access (read,
     write, execute, traverse, etc.) a file or directory.
     Depending on the operating system, each file may have
     different permissions for different kinds of access and
     different users or groups of users.
  
     chmod ("change mode") is the UNIX command to change
     permissions.
  
     (2000-12-07)