Re: chmod xxxx what does it mean?

Andrea Arcangeli (arcangeli@mbox.queen.it)
Mon, 5 May 1997 21:08:53 +0200 (CEST)


On Mon, 5 May 1997, Hinnerk Weiler wrote:

Excuse me!!!!

The questions are about chmod and not chown!!

>
>Hi.....
>if I'm not completly out of mind I think you mixed chmod (change MODE) and
>chown (change OWNER). If so try out "man chmod" and if that doesn't help
>mail again.

>
>
>At 13:15 05-05-97 +0200, you wrote:
>>I want to know where I can learn the exact meaning of the 5 octal
>>parameters used in the chown invocation.
>>
>>I know exactly the meaning of the last four octal numbers in the case of
>>the files, But for example I don' t know the result of:
>>

# chmod ug+s /cdrom

# chmod +t /cdrom

# chmod xxxxx 'filename||dirname'

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