How can I grant permission for a user over a direcotry in linux

Question

I use chmod to change the file permissions. But what if I needed to grant full control permission for the logged in user over a directory ?

I typed: chmod u+rwx mydir and the command seems successful because the console does not give any errors. When I access the folder, I still find some files that does not have x permission for the current user. What is the reason ? Knowing that this folder is not created by me (the current user).
@JuryA: Ah, are you trying to recursively apply the new permissions to all child files/folders within the directory? chmod has a -R flag for this.

tomk · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-10 12:42:28Z

Did your try

chmod u+rwx <your directory>

from the directory above the directory you want to change? Be aware that a user can only change permissions of files/directories he owns.

If you want to change permissions of a directory and any subdirectories and files you have to use

chmod -R u+rwx <your directory>

Germann Arlington · Answer 2 · 2012-08-10 12:41:17Z

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answered Aug 10 '12 at 12:41

Germann Arlington

Vamsi Mohan Jayanti · Answer 3 · 2012-08-10 12:40:16Z

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correcting my response : setfacl -m u:jvmohan:rwx directory-name

This should set the acl on the directory for the specific user with name jvmohan

answered Aug 10 '12 at 12:40

Vamsi Mohan Jayanti
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	sry my mistake I think I made sandwith of chmod and chown ..let me correct my response to setfacl -m u:jvmohan:rwx d2 – Vamsi Mohan Jayanti Aug 10 '12 at 13:14
	ofcourse with -R option you can set it recursively – Vamsi Mohan Jayanti Aug 10 '12 at 13:25

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