Kae Verens wrote: > Roger Millington wrote: >> man chmod >> > > that's a bit harsh, Roger! It's possible that maybe Gopal does not > understand the man pages. There is no indication that Gopal has read the 'man' pages or even understands that they exist. I would expect that my response(s) will invite Gopal's curiosity and that he will investigate this mysterious 'man' command. The alternative is for someone to spend 20 minutes making precis of the relevant 'man' pages and posting them. Roger > > example: > chmod 750 filename1 filename2 > first digit is user > second digit is group > third digit is everyone (world) > 7 = allow file owner to read, write, execute > 5 = allow members of file's group to read and execute > 0 = do not let anyone else use the file > > the numbers are calculated by adding these up > 4 = allowed to read > 2 = allowed to write > 1 = allowed to execute. > so 750 = (4+2+1)(4+1)(0) > > kae > >> Gopal Ghosh wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> how to use chmod command (in octal mode) for n number of files >>> present in a >>> directory >>> Thanks >>> regards >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Fedora-laptop-list mailing list >>> Fedora-laptop-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>> http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-laptop-list >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fedora-laptop-list mailing list >> Fedora-laptop-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-laptop-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > Fedora-laptop-list mailing list > Fedora-laptop-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-laptop-list > _______________________________________________ Fedora-laptop-list mailing list Fedora-laptop-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-laptop-list
