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1.6 File Permissions

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Tomato6966 edited this page Jun 29, 2021 · 1 revision

Change Permissions for a File / Directory

chmod +rwx FILENAME

chmod -rwx FILENAME

Linux chmod example

        PERMISSION      EXAMPLE

     U   G   W
    rwx rwx rwx     chmod 777 filename
    rwx rwx r-x     chmod 775 filename
    rwx r-x r-x     chmod 755 filename
    rw- rw- r--     chmod 664 filename
    rw- r-- r--     chmod 644 filename

NOTE: Use 777 sparingly!

        LEGEND
        U = User
        G = Group
        W = World

    r = Read
    w = write
    x = execute
    - = no access

Hover over the Boxes then you can copy paste it in the console, everything will be done automatically!

Note that if you do it without SUDO you might not have permissions to execute a specific Command

Make sure to be in the User: "root" by typing su root / su - / sudo su

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