Ubuntu – CHMOD 777. In terminal, the command to make all changes affect every file and folder
chmod
I am typing this:
chmod 777 /home/to the destination ...
But all locked and what I want to do is to make all files and folders to have read and write permission without doing each file/folder separately.
Best Answer
Giving files a 777 permission is absolute overkill, mind that you give with this your user full access, the user group full access and all others. So from a security standpoint this is a horrible solution.
Permissions are octal and each number represents what you can do with the file:
Number Permission Type Symbol
------------------------------------
0 No Permission ---
1 Execute --x
2 Write -w-
3 Execute + Write -wx
4 Read r--
5 Read + Execute r-x
6 Read +Write rw-
7 Read + Write +Execute rwx
So it is definitively enough to give your user full and the group and others limited access (i.e. 755).
To do this recursively you can use the -R flag and the -v flag to get a verbose output of the action. So the line you search for is:
Best Answer
Giving files a
777
permission is absolute overkill, mind that you give with this your user full access, the user group full access and all others. So from a security standpoint this is a horrible solution.Permissions are octal and each number represents what you can do with the file:
So it is definitively enough to give your user full and the group and others limited access (i.e. 755).
To do this recursively you can use the
-R
flag and the-v
flag to get a verbose output of the action. So the line you search for is:See here and here for further reading into.