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		JadeNB 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The early Unix history of chown() being restricted... > That would be what root is. In this analogy, I think the analogue of the owner of the bank safe is the owner of the file. Unless you're envisioning the bank safe as representing all the files, rather than just one ...?

TZubiri 4 months ago [–]

No, the bank owns and administers each safe, they lease it to you. They would be root.

UNIX ownership isn't necessarily legal ownership, files are not real property.

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