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I have denied to a specific user to write on a file. Unfortunately this user is a member of a User Group which have the privilege to write on this file. So there is a conflict between User vs. User-Group privileges. Which one will prevail here?

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Explicit "Deny" permissions always take precedence over all other permissions (assuming canonical ACL ordering-- but that's probably a safe assumption). The permission denying the user "Write" permission will override any permission granting the user "Write" based on group membership.

Evan Anderson
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  • Thanks for the answer Evan! Also run a test and you are absolutely right. Question closed - All credits to Evan Anderson PS: Question moved here, so I couldnt log in with the same account. –  Dec 07 '11 at 19:51