@Another_username@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml • edit-21 year agoneed help restoring permissions on my downloads folderlemmy.worldimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up141arrow-down1imageneed help restoring permissions on my downloads folderlemmy.world@Another_username@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml • edit-21 year agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
I removed my permissions on my downloads folder using chmod. can anyone help restore back to default? Thanks!
minus-square@Another_username@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink23•edit-21 year agoThanks y’all! chmod 755 worked! Back to drwxr-xr-x
minus-square@RegalPotoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish19•1 year agoA quick guide to explain what is going on here, and what the numbers mean: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DaMLUoGXUAI21V6.jpg:large
minus-square@phx@lemmy.calinkfedilink16•1 year agoTip: you can also use chmod u+rwx,g+rx,o+rx etc to add permissions With the initial letters corresponding to “user”, “group” and “other”, and ®was, (w)rite, e(x)ecute for the rest. In the case of directories, x specifies access to files/etc within the directly (read just let’s you see them) You can also use i.e “o-rw” etc etc to remove existing permissions
Thanks y’all! chmod 755 worked! Back to drwxr-xr-x
A quick guide to explain what is going on here, and what the numbers mean: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DaMLUoGXUAI21V6.jpg:large
Tip: you can also use chmod u+rwx,g+rx,o+rx etc to add permissions
With the initial letters corresponding to “user”, “group” and “other”, and ®was, (w)rite, e(x)ecute for the rest.
In the case of directories, x specifies access to files/etc within the directly (read just let’s you see them)
You can also use i.e “o-rw” etc etc to remove existing permissions