linuxmaillists@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:Hello,On Thursday 08 February 2007 09:29, edwardspl@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:Les Mikesell wrote:edwardspl@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:chmod g+rwx ( What number of g+rwx, eg : ?77 ) /home/edwardYou can use the symbolic form literally. I think it's easier to understand. Let the computer do the binary/octal math. g+rwx means add the read, write, and execute bits for the group.But I want to know what no of g+rwx...The + means it is added to the bits already permitted. Look at them as groups of 3 bits in binary and take the octal value. user group other rwx rwx rwx You'll start with a home dir having rwx --- --- so that's 111 000 000 binary or 700 octal. Add the group rwx and you get 111 111 000 or 770 octalSo, g+rwx = 770, right ?chmod +t ( What number of +t ) /home/edwardThat's one more bit to the left, 1 000 000 000 binary, so 1000 octal. Add that to what you have.Same here, you can type it that way and it means add the "sticky" bit.Also want to know...Altogether, the octal value for the mode ends up at 1770. But, as I said before the computer does a better job of thinking in octal.So, +t = 1770, right ? Edward.When I first started learning how to write the permissions setting RWX I could not figure out how to do it using the letters. I found it very easy to understand doing it with the numbers. I type it like this chmod 777 <file> to get the rwxrwxrwx and if I want to change it to rwxr-xr-x I just type chmod 755 <file> and if I want rwx------ I type chmod 700 <file>. I am sure I can figure out how to write it with the letters now but I think it is much easier to use the numbers. So...Do you know the following ( convert to the no format) ? 1, chmod g+rwx ( What number of g+rwx, eg : ?77 ) /home/edward 2, chmod +t ( What number of +t ) /home/edward Edward. |