A Linux user checks the permissions of a file with the ls -l command and receives the following output: -rw-r--r-- 1 alice alice 5607 Jan 20 13:30 report.txt. What can the user 'alice' do with 'report.txt' based on the given permissions?
The permissions -rw-r--r-- indicate that the owner of the file, which is 'alice', has read and write permissions. The owner can open, read, and modify the file. The group members and others have only read permissions, as indicated by r-- after the owner permissions. They can open and read the file, but cannot modify or execute it.
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