Question

You work as a Network Administrator for McNeil Inc. The company has a Linux-based network. You have just created a directory named Sales on a file server. David, a Sales Manager, has to use this directory to keep sales reports. David reports that he is unable to save his reports in the directory. When you list the directory using the LS command, you get the following result: drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Jan 2 2006 Sales What is the most likely cause?

A) The sales directory is not properly mounted.
B) David is working on his local computers login.
C) The sales directory has been deleted by accident.
E) David does not have the write permission on the directory.

Answer 1

E.

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that the most likely cause is that David does not have the write permission on the directory. This permission basically grants the individual the ability to make changes to a certain file or directory. Therefore if David does not have write permission it would explain why he is unable to save his reports in that directory.