change permitions in user home

[John K Masters]

On 13:14 Mon 11 Aug     , Doug Pollard wrote:
> Raphael Yves Sabbat wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Doug Pollard <dougpol1 at verizon.net 
> > <mailto:dougpol1 at verizon.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     I need to change permissions on some of my user files.   I have the
> >     command but i need to know how to apply it to an individual file.
> >
> > You can do it in the terminal, the command would look like this:
> > sudo chmod 755 /path/of/your/file.extension
> >
> > Assuming 755 is what you want
> >
>   Does the arbitrary number 755 that you used represent a file number?  
> How do I find this number.        Thanks Doug
> 
I recommend you read the man page for chmod but to simplify:-

Each number represents the Read Write eXecute permissions for Owner,
Group and All respectively. Therefore 7 = rwx (Read, Write & eXecute)
5 means Read and eXecute only.

Think of it like this-   r   w   x
                         4   2   1

For each of Owner, Group and All add the permissions you want and that
is the number you need.

There is a lot more but you can probably get by with just the above to
start with.

-- 
Regards, John