Hi. R means the person has the ability to read the files contents. X means the user can exicute the file as a program. Personally, I find working with the numbers is much easier to work with. Keep in mind you have three columns you need to fill in with permissions. You have user, group, and other.
0: no permissions. 1: Execute. 2: write. 4: Read. 5: Read, execute. 6: Read, write. 7: Read, write, execute. So let's say you want a file/directory to be set with read write for user and group you would write. chmod 660 filename If you want to make something accessible to one user you would do this. chown username filename chmod 600 filename ----- Original Message ----- From: bascule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 8:21 PM Subject: [expert] directory permissions > i think i'm coming unstuck about the difference between 'r' - read permission > and 'x' -enter perm for a directory, what exactly is the difference? > > bascule > -- > "Yes, it's the right planet, all right, " he said again. > "Right planet, wrong universe. " > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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