chmod (short for change mode) is a Linux / Unix command used to change permissions of files and directories.
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what does the @ mean on the output of ls on os x terminal?
when doing an ls in a directory I get the following output:
drwxr-xr-x@ 12 xonic staff 408 22 Jun 19:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 xonic staff 306 22 Jun 19:42 ..
-rwxrwxrwx@ 1 xonic staff 6148 25 ...
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what is the @ after the permissions for in ls -l on a mac? [duplicate]
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ls -la symbolics… what does that last symbol mean?
Consider the following output from ls -l on OS X 10.5.8
drwxr-xr-x 3 user staff 102 Aug 26 20:21 ...
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Allow specific user permission to read/write my folder
I have a folder /home/samantha/folder that I want to share with the user tom. He can read/write the folder. How do I do that?
chown wouldn't do it because I still want to be able to be the owner of ...
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Equivalent of chmod to change file permissions in Windows
Is there any Windows equivalent of Linux's chmod to change the permissions of a file?
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Setting permissions for specific user and groups in Linux
How can I grant permission for files to a specific user or a specific group?
We have three groups: "g12" ("u1" and "u2), "g34" and "g56".
g12 - should only read the file.
g34 - should write and ...
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How to chmod 755 all directories but no file (recursively)?
How to chmod 755 all directories but no file (recursively) ?
Inversely, how to chmod only files (recursively) but no directory ?
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difference between chmod 777 and chmod 007
What is the difference between chmod 777 and chmod 007? if 'others' means everyone, doesn't that strongly suggest the truth that chmod 777 = chmod 007?
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icacls is giving access denied on remote file system
I am working on remote drive mounted on my system where i created some file i need to set some permission for that file.
I used icacls but its not working.
When i am trying to access file permission ...
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What's @ in OS X directory permissions? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
ls -la symbolics… what does that last symbol mean?
Being unable to access my localhost via Parallels, I've found that the folder to which I was trying to access ...
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How to set default permissions for files moved or copied to a directory?
My question is similar to How to set the default file permissions on ALL newly created files in linux - but differs in important ways:
I want all files created in (or copied to or moved to) a certain ...
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Unable to edit files in _www group on OS X
I am using my MacBook as a local dev environment. In order to make the files publishable I had to give my web folder user and group of _www:_www using chown.
I'm using another account to log into my ...
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Group permissions for apache
I've run into a problem with Joomla. . . it cant create new folders through the Admin UI. It's a standard permissions error. I've been told to chmod all of the folders in the site to 777.
Is ...
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sudo chmod -R 777 /
sudo chmod -R 777 /
I did this. It was a mistake. Is there any way to undo it?
Basically it's messed up more things than I can list. I don't have time-machine enabled on my mac.
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Windows equivalent of the Linux command “chmod”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Program to change file permissions in windows
What can I use to set/change permissions on a Windows folder than not the Windows-based solution?
There is an equivalent ...
