"chmod 777 /etc" will add write to everyone

On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote:

> I am more of a UNIX ignoramus than I should be. What do I have to do to
> give myself permission to write into /etc ?
>
> Here is what /etc looks like:
>
> Filename  Type Permission Audit  Ext  Fmat Owner    Group    Links
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> etc       Dir  rwxrwxr-x  fff---      ---- OMVSKERN OMVSGRP      16
>
> I can log on as IBMUSER and it accepts chmod u+rw /etc with no error but
> nothing changes.
>
> What am I supposed to do? z/OS V3R1
>
> Charles
>
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