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chmod — Change the access permissions of a file or directory. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/softwar
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How to use the
chmod command: Change the access permissions of a file or directory. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/chmod-invocation.html>.Solution
chmod — Change the access permissions of a file or directory. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/chmod-invocation.html>.Give the [u]ser who owns a file the right to e[x]ecute it:
chmod u+x {{path/to/file}}Give the [u]ser rights to [r]ead and [w]rite to a file/directory:
chmod u+rw {{path/to/file_or_directory}}Remove e[x]ecutable rights from the [g]roup:
chmod g-x {{path/to/file}}Give [a]ll users rights to [r]ead and e[x]ecute:
chmod a+rx {{path/to/file}}Give [o]thers (not in the file owner's group) the same rights as the [g]roup:
chmod o=g {{path/to/file}}Remove all rights from [o]thers:
chmod o= {{path/to/file}}Change permissions recursively giving [g]roup and [o]thers the ability to [w]rite:
chmod {{[-R|--recursive]}} g+w,o+w {{path/to/directory}}Recursively give [a]ll users [r]ead permissions to files. Also give e[X]ecute permissions to files that have at least one execution permission and to all sub-directories:
chmod {{[-R|--recursive]}} a+rX {{path/to/directory}}Code Snippets
Give the [u]ser who owns a file the right to e[x]ecute it
chmod u+x {{path/to/file}}Give the [u]ser rights to [r]ead and [w]rite to a file/directory
chmod u+rw {{path/to/file_or_directory}}Remove e[x]ecutable rights from the [g]roup
chmod g-x {{path/to/file}}Give [a]ll users rights to [r]ead and e[x]ecute
chmod a+rx {{path/to/file}}Give [o]thers (not in the file owner's group) the same rights as the [g]roup
chmod o=g {{path/to/file}}Context
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