change permitions in user home

[Verde Denim]

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Doug Pollard <dougpol1 at verizon.net> wrote:

> Raphael Yves Sabbat wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Doug Pollard <dougpol1 at verizon.net
> > <mailto:dougpol1 at verizon.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     I need to change permissions on some of my user files.   I have the
> >     command but i need to know how to apply it to an individual file.
> >      Do I
> >     click on the file and then put in the command.   That dosn't seem to
> >     work.  Been reading all morning can find ways to change all the files
> >     but not to single out an individual file.  I have files that
> everybody
> >     can write to ,read and exicute and I want to change just those
> >     files so
> >     that I as the owner of them can write to them.
> >                Thanks Doug
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> > You can do it in the terminal, the command would look like this:
> > sudo chmod 755 /path/of/your/file.extension
> >
> > Assuming 755 is what you want
> >
>  Does the arbitrary number 755 that you used represent a file number?
> How do I find this number.        Thanks Doug


Doug
755 is the permission for the file - translating into rwxr-xr-x

Jack

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