Permissions

liguorir · 08-28-2003, 02:41 PM

1) What is the command to change the permissions of a directory, so everyone can access it.

2) In the following, what does the d stand for?

drw-rw-rw-

3) What is the command to change the permissions of a file, so everyone can access it?

Thanks,

Robert Liguori

david_ross · 08-28-2003, 02:44 PM

"d" just means that it is a directory. Directories must have execute permissions too. For anyone to access and only the owner to write:
chmod 755 dirname

For anyone to read or write:
chmod 777 dirname

Khabi · 08-28-2003, 02:46 PM

chmod - change mode
chown -change owner

I don't feel like typing it all out right now.. but man chmod will give you a good idea of how to do it.

chmod 777 filename will make a directory/file readable to everyone on your system.

The d stands for directory

Be aware tho. chmod 777 can be a big security risk if you do it to a wrong file