file permissions

[Gryllida]

> On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 17:41 +0930, Gryllida wrote:
>>> Hello. I store some files on a windows XP machine. The windows user
>>> shared them with permission everyone full control.
>>>
>>>  I'm on Ubuntu 10.04, and while being able to edit them all-right,
>>> when I make new files, they have only me on the permissions list.
>>> resulting in the windows user unable to open them...
>>>
>>>  The files themselves are stored on the other machine, not on this one
>>> , I get to it by smb://ip/.
>>>
>>> What can I configure to fix it?
>>>
>>> Possibly to make the files I create inherit the permissions of the
>>> directory I'm making them in?
>>>
>>>
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>>On 7/13/10, Anggi Lesmana <alesmana2010 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Please try this method, type on your terminal :
>>
>> $ sudo chmod 777 -R /your/sambasharefolder


>On 7/14/10, Gryllida <gryllida at gmail.com> wrote:
>What does it do?

On 7/14/10, Jordon Bedwell <jordon at envygeeks.com> wrote:
> $: man chmod
> chmod -- change file modes or Access Control Lists
>
> Octal	Text	Binary	Description
> 0  	---  	000  	All types of access are denied
> 1 	--x 	001 	Execute access is allowed only
> 2 	-w- 	010 	Write access is allowed only
> 3 	-wx 	011 	Write and execute access are allowed
> 4 	r-- 	100 	Read access is allowed only
> 5 	r-x 	101 	Read and execute access are allowed
> 6 	rw- 	110 	Read and write access are allowed
> 7 	rwx 	111 	Everything is allowed
>

I see, thanks.

> Normally you work with Octal or Text EXP:
> $: chmod +rwx /file.txt

This one allows everything for this file. For which user?

> $: chmod 777 /file.txt

What does this line do?

>
> -R flag is (as usual) recursive so if you are wanting to make all files
> executable in a folder you would normally pass the recursive command.
> Never at the end and always before the file name. EXP:
>
> $: chmod -R +x /path/to/folder
>
> If I remember right, you can also just skip the -R (unless you want to
> go deeper) and just do a * which will tap all the files in that level of
> the folder, EXP:
>
> $: chmod +x /path/to/folder/*

Okay, this is to make these files executable, looks like not needed in
this case.

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