A user cannot open a configuration file even though ownership and mode bits appear correct. To determine if the denial is due to a security policy, what should you do first?
Add an entry for the user in an access control list for the file
Include the user in the file’s owning group
Change the enforcement mode to permissive and retry opening the file
Switching the enforcement mode to permissive allows the system to log policy violations without denying access. If the user can then open the file, the issue is policy-related. The other methods adjust standard permissions or access controls and won’t isolate policy enforcement.
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