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Permission Linux Files


I am new in Linux machine. I was zapping into various centOs scripts, and I was wondering if there is a way to modify files with different users without any "Permission Denied" error. I tried to create a group and then assigned a certain number of users into it. But it doesn't work.

Could you just advise me the best way to do it?


Solution

  • The user you are trying to edit the file with must have write access permissions to the file.

    I would suggest you to read the man page of chmod command:

    chmod changes the file mode bits of each given file according to mode, which can be either a symbolic representation of changes to make, or an octal number representing the bit pattern for the new mode bits.

    Here are some examples that might help you :

    chmod +rwx filename to add permissions.
    chmod -rwx directoryname to remove permissions.
    chmod +x filename to allow executable permissions.
    chmod -wx filename to take out write and executable permissions.