chmod 755 directory_name # or chmod u=rwx,go=rx directory_name
If it does say drwx------ (700) or drwxr-xr-x (755) for your own home folder, you will be locked out. Fix it with:
The remaining nine characters ( rwxr-xr-x ) represent the permissions. To understand them, we must break them into three groups of three: drwxr-xr-x
It is critical to understand that rwx means something subtly different for files versus directories. Let's compare drwxr-xr-x (a directory) with -rw-r--r-- (a typical file like readme.txt ).
The string drwxr-xr-x is 10 characters long. The very first character serves a singular purpose: it tells the operating system it is dealing with. Let's compare drwxr-xr-x (a directory) with -rw-r--r-- (a
When you see the d at the beginning, it stands for .
While drwxr-xr-x is human-readable after practice, system administrators often use a faster notation: . When you see the d at the beginning, it stands for
The very first character tells you what kind of object you are looking at. : Stands for Directory (a folder). - : Stands for a regular file. l : Stands for a symbolic link (a shortcut).
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