Feb 10, 2015 · Likewise, +X adds the execute permission only if one of the execute permissions is already set or the file is a directory; this can be handy for restoring permissions globally …

10 On Gentoo, what the first character in a linux file permissions drwxrwxrwx means: The first character gives you a hint of the type of object it is. Possible values for that first character: ( -, …

tar keeps permissions, ownership and directory structure intact, but converts everything into a stream of bytes. You run a "subshell" (the parenthesized commands) that change directory, …

Mar 26, 2016 · You can set the suid bit using chmod, eg chmod 4755 which will give a file give the normal permissions 755 does (rwxr-xr-x) and add the suid bit to give rwsr-xr-x You can clear …

Aug 18, 2013 · 22 When you try to use chmod to set the link's permissions, the actually you do is to set the permissions of the link's target.The link's permissions are meaningless.

37 I performed an ls -la on directory on my CentOS 6.4 server here and the permissions for a given file came out as: -rwxr-xr-x. I understand what -rwxr-xr-x means, what I don't understand …

Jul 13, 2018 · 24 A volume intended for use by my user was created at OS installation with root ownership and my user lacks write permissions. Some solutions I've read about include: …

May 18, 2017 · 3 As explained in Understanding Linux File Permissions Advanced Permissions The special permissions flag can be marked with any of the following: _ - no special …

Nov 12, 2010 · I have access to a cifs network drive. When I mount it under my OSX machine, I can read and write from and to it. When I mount the drive in ubuntu, using: sudo mount -t cifs …

18 The upper case S is because the directory does not have execute permissions for the group. In a way this indicates an "error", as you are saying: newly created subfiles inherit the same …