@Another_username to [email protected] • edit-28 months agoneed help restoring permissions on my downloads folderimagemessage-square49arrow-up162arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up154arrow-down1imageneed help restoring permissions on my downloads folder@Another_username to [email protected] • edit-28 months agomessage-square49file-text
I removed my permissions on my downloads folder using chmod. can anyone help restore back to default? Thanks!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink26•8 months 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
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•8 months agoIf you use X instead of x it’ll add execution permission to directories without making files executable.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•8 months agoOh yeah I forgot to mention that. It’s important when using wildcards or recursive permissions!
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
If you use X instead of x it’ll add execution permission to directories without making files executable.
Oh yeah I forgot to mention that. It’s important when using wildcards or recursive permissions!