help with chmod

joe83 · 10-11-2003, 02:56 PM

I am trying to load realplayer on slackware 9.1 I need to know the chmod parameters to make the binary file executable
Thanks in advance

trickykid · 10-11-2003, 02:59 PM

chmod +x <filename>

or

chmod 755 <filename>

It would have told you this in the man pages, always available by typing: man chmod

david_ross · 10-11-2003, 03:00 PM

You can find everyhting about chmod using:
man chmod

To make it executeable by all and only writebale by the owner use:
chmod 755 /path/to/file

joe83 · 10-11-2003, 04:58 PM

Thanks for the help