access permission

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

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)