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The 'Chmod' Command The ‘chmod’ Command By: Nic Stephens and Kelly O’Leary S What is it? S A Unix/Linux command S Change Mode S Changes permissions of a given file Symbolic Mode Type of User Letter/Operator User who owns it u Users in the file’s Group g Other users not in the file’s Group o All users a Add permission to list + Remove permission from list - Makes the permission the only = permission to the file Symbolic Mode Permission Letter Read r Write w Execute (Access for Directories) x Execute for Directories X Set user or group ID on execution s Save program text on swap device t Gives all permissions that owner has u Gives all permissions that users in the g file’s Group has Gives all permissions that others not o in the Group have Example Numeric Mode S First digit (Optional)- attributes for set user ID (4), group ID (2), and save text image/sticky flags (1) S Second digit- sets permissions for the owner of the file: Read (4), Write (2), and Execute (1) S Third digit- sets permissions for users in the file’s group: Read (4), Write (2), and Execute (1) S Fourth digit- sets permissions for users NOT in the file’s group: Read (4), Write (2), and Execute (1) Numeric Mode S Add the digits up if there are multiple permissions for a single user S Ex: To put permissions on a file to read, write, and execute, you add up the numbers– read=4, write=2, execute=1. 4+2+1=7, so you type the number 7. S Type 0’s to remove permissions Example Options S -R à causes all files and directories within the file/directory whose permissions are being changed to take those permissions S -f, --silent, --quiet à suppress most error messages S -v, --verbose à output a diagnostic for every file processed S --help à display help and exit Works Cited "Chmod." Man Page. Web. 3 Sept. 2015. <http://ss64.com/ bash/chmod.html>. .
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