file permissions

[Gryllida]

On 7/14/10, Jordon Bedwell <jordon at envygeeks.com> wrote:
> On 7/13/2010 3:48 PM, Gryllida wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 17:41 +0930, Gryllida wrote:
>>>>> Hello. I store some files on a windows XP machine. The windows user
>>>>> shared them with permission everyone full control.
>>>>>
>>>>>  I'm on Ubuntu 10.04, and while being able to edit them all-right,
>>>>> when I make new files, they have only me on the permissions list.
>>>>> resulting in the windows user unable to open them...
>>>>>
>>>>>  The files themselves are stored on the other machine, not on this one
>>>>> , I get to it by smb://ip/.
>>>>>
>>>>> What can I configure to fix it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Possibly to make the files I create inherit the permissions of the
>>>>> directory I'm making them in?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>> On 7/13/10, Anggi Lesmana <alesmana2010 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Please try this method, type on your terminal :
>>>>
>>>> $ sudo chmod 777 -R /your/sambasharefolder
>>
>>
>>> On 7/14/10, Gryllida <gryllida at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> What does it do?
>>
>> On 7/14/10, Jordon Bedwell <jordon at envygeeks.com> wrote:
>>> $: man chmod
>>> chmod -- change file modes or Access Control Lists
>>>
>>> Octal	Text	Binary	Description
>>> 0  	---  	000  	All types of access are denied
>>> 1 	--x 	001 	Execute access is allowed only
>>> 2 	-w- 	010 	Write access is allowed only
>>> 3 	-wx 	011 	Write and execute access are allowed
>>> 4 	r-- 	100 	Read access is allowed only
>>> 5 	r-x 	101 	Read and execute access are allowed
>>> 6 	rw- 	110 	Read and write access are allowed
>>> 7 	rwx 	111 	Everything is allowed
>>>
>>
>> I see, thanks.
>>
>>
>>> $: chmod 777 /file.txt
>>
>> What does this line do?

> 777 is +rwx (read write execute).  To further elaborate why we have 3
> numbers is because we have, owner, group and others. So the first 7 is
> owner, second is group and third is others. So 744 would be rwx for you,
> read for your group and read for everyone else.
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Jordon Bedwell
> http://envygeeks.com
>>> Normally you work with Octal or Text EXP:
>>> $: chmod +rwx /file.txt
>>
>> This one allows everything for this file. For which user?

Thanks for the 777 explanation,
can you please reply to this question as well? ----^

I don't understand who exactly would be grated the read/write/whatever
access in this case.