Dear Amit, For your information. Once you set file/folder permission chmod 777 at upper directory e.g /opt it will inherete the same file/folder permission chmod 777 the rest of directories available in e.g /opt directories tree. Regards, MOHAMMAD ADLI BIN MT TAJUDIN H/p number: (017) 362 3661 Email: white.heron@xxxxxxxxx ________________________________ From: Amit Awasthi <amit.awasthi17@xxxxxxxxx> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 6:25 PM Subject: Re: Permission inheritance problem You can give 777 instead of 766...it should work.. Thanks, Amit On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 11:07 AM, kavya <kavya.g4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > *Hi all*, > > Am working with file permission I have a query, > > usually on /mnt normal users will not be having permission to write so I > gave permission such as > #chmod 766 /mnt > #chmod go+t /mnt I have enabled a sticky bit on /mnt for group and > others, as sticky bit is set, even the files and folders under /mnt can not > be deleted by others even if they have complete permissions and no sticky > bit is set for files under /mnt, is there any option to allow users to > delete only particular files ????? > > > Thanks, > > Kavya > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- Amit Awasthi | IT Department | SmartbuzzInc | Ph: 978-068-1431 | -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list