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chmod
Change the access permissions of a file or directory.
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- Give the [u]ser who owns a file the right to e[x]ecute it:
chmod u+x {file}
- Give the [u]ser rights to [r]ead and [w]rite to a file/directory:
chmod u+rw {file_or_directory}
- Remove e[x]ecutable rights from the [g]roup:
chmod g-x {file}
- Give [a]ll users rights to [r]ead and e[x]ecute:
chmod a+rx {file}
- Give [o]thers (not in the file owner's group) the same rights as the [g]roup:
chmod o=g {file}
- Remove all rights from [o]thers:
chmod o= {file}
- Change permissions recursively giving [g]roup and [o]thers the ability to [w]rite:
chmod -R g+w,o+w {directory}
- Recursively give [a]ll users [r]ead permissions to files and e[X]ecute permissions to sub-directories within a directory:
chmod -R a+rX {directory}
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