But to make things easier, it is a common configuration that most of the folders do just inherit the permissions from the folder they live in, and folders at the root of a filesystem inherit from the drive (you could say 'the drive letter').
none the wiser. 1  Knowing no more than before, as in He tried to explain the tax structure, but in the end I was none the wiser. 2  Knowing no more than before, as in He tried to explain the tax structure, but in the end I was none the wiser.
wise O.E. wis, from P.Gmc. *wisaz (cf. O.S., O.Fris. wis, O.N. viss, Du. wijs, Ger. weise wise), from pp. adj. *wittos of PIE base *woid-/*weid-/*wid- to see, hence to know (see vision). Slang meaning aware, cunning first attested 1896.