folder permissions

[meander]

how can i change the permissions to a folder? since you never log in as root, and im logged in as my user, it wont let me change the permissions to a folder.

[Cabhan]

Well, if it's a root-controlled folder, then you simply, from a terminal, do:

su
<<Enter the root Password>>
chmod <<PERMISSIONS>> FOLDER_NAME

"su" switches you to another user. The default is root.

[meander]

thats what i did but it didnt work. how do you enter the folder name?

[Cabhan]

I don't quite understand...

You enter the folder name exactly as it's spelled, only you change every space to "\ " (that's a backslash, then a space).

[TheGreen]

thats what i did but it didnt work. how do you enter the folder name?

su
<<Enter the root Password>>
chmod <<PERMISSIONS>> FOLDER_NAME

i.e. :

chmod 755 \mydirectory

if you want to change the directory perms and all thats in it try:

chmod -R 755 \mydirectory

(755 = For files that should be readable and executable by others, but only changeable by the issuing user)

Make sure you understand what perms you are giving when you do chmod. check here ->



http://www.linuxforums.org/tutorials...ial-21490.html

and here ->

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/...ect_03_04.html



if you want to change the owner try:

chown -R username:groupname \mydirectory

(i.e.)

chown -R meander:meander \mydirectory