minus-squareSnoopy@jlai.lutoLinux@lemmy.ml•[SOLVED] I can't change my /home location, and it's driving me madlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 months ago chmod : change mode chown : change owner -R : recursive. So all subfolders and files will change ownership. 700 : this is a code for files permission for those 3 groups in linux : user (you) : 7 group : 0 other : 0 What do those number mean ? A file can be read, written, executed. Those 3 permissions are associated with number : read : 4 witten : 2 executed : 1 If a file can be read and written its number will be 4+2 = 6 linkfedilink
chmod : change mode
chown : change owner
-R : recursive. So all subfolders and files will change ownership.
700 : this is a code for files permission for those 3 groups in linux :
user (you) : 7
group : 0
other : 0
What do those number mean ? A file can be read, written, executed. Those 3 permissions are associated with number :
If a file can be read and written its number will be 4+2 = 6