Challenge 05 - Standard file permissions

Description

In this challenge you will learn about the Linux standard file permissions and understand how to work with file permissioning on a Linux environment

As regular user (student), create a directory ~/permissions
Create a file called myfile.txt under ~permissions
List the properties of the file /var/log/waagent.log. Then copy this file to your permissions directory
As root, create a file called rootfile.txt in the /home/student/permissions directory
As regular user (student), look at who owns this file created by root
Change the ownership of all files in /home/student/permissions to yourself (student)
Make sure you (student) have all rights to files within ~, and others can only read

Check if the directory was sucessfully created
Confirm the file created under ~permissions
Check the file inside your permissions directory. Who is the new owner of this file now?
Make sure you have created the file as the user root in the /home/student/permissions directory
Ensure you are logged as regular user (student), then check the owner of the file created by the user root
Validate you was able to change the onwership of all files in in /home/student/permissions to the user student
Confirm your rights within ~, and make sure other users can only read