chmod changes the permissions of each given file according to mode, where mode describes the permissions to modify.

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chmod - file permission on writable

I am running Ubuntu 12.04 x64 server on ext4 partition. I set a directory's permission to '766' as below. sudo chmod 766 /archive drwxrw-rw- 3 root root 4096 Sep 27 10:50 archive/ ...
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How to change default file/folder permission of specific user?

How can I make any folders or files created by a certain user always be public (accessible by anyone) in Ubuntu?
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Locked out of drive on Ubuntu Server

I was trying to delete some torrents that I had downloaded with transmission-daemon and was unable to from my samba share on windows due to transmission's default file creation permissions. I ...
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Executable not running even after chmod'ing it

I am trying to run a BETA precompiled copy of rcracki .. but the problem is when I try to run the executable, it gives an error: I tried to format the snippet below into one code block, but it didn't ...
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Accidentally ran “sudo chmod a+rx ~”

I accidentally ran sudo chmod a+rx ~ on the system root rather than sudo chmod a+rx myfolder... I ran sudo chmod -R a+rX myfolder/public_html then accidentally ran sudo chmod a+rx ~ instead of ...
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Can I set a specific group|umask to be the default one for all actions within a certain path?

I would like to override the default umask and owner:group settings within certain directories only, without requiring root privileges, as that kind of defeats the purpose. For example, when I touch ...
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Unable to run compiled files - bash: ./a.out: Permission denied. (I've tried chmod)

First of all, there are many questions like this on AU. Still, none of them solved my problem. I've compiled my C source using cc test.c, and it did generate a.out file. However when I run it I get ...
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Writable permission is not writable

I am running Ubuntu 12.04 x64 server on ext4 partition. I set a directory's permission to '766' as below. sudo chmod 766 /archive drwxrw-rw- 3 root root 4096 Sep 27 10:50 archive/ But, when I ...
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Transmission daemon: permission denied even if debian-transmission has root group

I've got something really strange. Transmission-daemon keeps telling me "Permission denied /home/transmission/downloads/.." (.. = name of torrent folder and files) I created this folder ...
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Make FlashDrive access as ReadOnly

Can anyone tell me how to make access to flash disk drive as read only ?? i've tried to chmod /media , but not working any advice pls thq
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Ubuntu / vsftpd Default folder/file permissions

I am running Ubuntu Server 12.10 and I just installed vsftpd ftp server and I have configured it for proper permissions for access to var/www/$USER The issue im facing is trying to find how to set ...
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chmod: cannot access New Volume Trash 1000 Input output error

i try to make my flash-disk able to save data and everyone can use it but when i check my chmod it say what is .trash-1000 about and why its say input/output error how to fix it ?
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User account chown

I am a novice Ubuntu user. Mine is Xubuntu Ver 4.8. I was then unable to access my user account named tomato. Everytime I login the splash, it just went back to the login page. So I tried browsing ...
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Setfacl operation not permitted - UNCONFIGURED FSTAB

I'm trying to setfacl some of directories (located on my home path) by doing: $ sudo setfacl -R -m u:www-data:rwx -m u:`whoami`:rwx app/cache app/logs Getting ... setfacl: ...