APC Article: SSH - Managing file permissions using CHMOD
A new article is available on aPaddedCell, part of a series on using SSH to administer a server, this covers setting file and directory permissions. Here is the summary:
When installing scripts on your website you will often be asked to change the permissions, or CHMOD (change mode). The instructions for doing this often include cryptic sets of numbers, such as
chmod 775There are actually two ways of setting permissions using chmod, using numbers or words.
Read it here: SSH: Managing file permissions using CHMOD.
Another article in the series will be released next week, on creating directories with full access for multiple users.
hosted posted this at 08:47 — 19th November 2010.
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I think than "man chmod" will help everyone
teammatt3 posted this at 00:37 — 20th November 2010.
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Nah. A lot of the man pages are esoteric descriptions and don't help people new to linux (or people who just want a quick example). I'd take Megan's article over man chmod any day.
There should be a command in GNU linux called
meganthat brings up her articles on commands:megan chmodMegan posted this at 15:43 — 20th November 2010.
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LOL! OMG, that's hilarious!
Glad you enjoyed my tutorial!
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