How do you do a simple “chmod +x” from within python?
I want to create a file from within a python script that is executable.
chmod
How to get permission number by string : -rw-r–r–
I need to set the same chmod, how to get number for -rw-r–r– ?
How to recover from a chmod -R 000 /bin?
And now I am unable to chmod it back.. or use any of my other system programs. Luckily this is on a VM I’ve been toying with, but is there any way to resolve this? The system is Ubuntu Server 12.10.
vim: create file with +x bit
Is there any way to set +x bit on script while creating?
What is a valid use case for an “execute only” file permission?
I was reading up on chmod and its octal modes. I saw that 1 is execute only. What is a valid use case for an execute only permission? To execute a file, one typically would want read and execute permission.
I accidentally chmod -R +x on a directory. How do I restore the correct permissions?
Well, to be specific, it was chmod -R 755. Now every file is executable, which I don’t want.
I am thinking that I should look at the first two bytes of each file for the #!, but will this cover everything? Should I instead use file to look at everything and base my decision on that? Or, more likely, is there an even better way to do this?
Is NTFS under linux able to save a linux file, with its chown and chmod settings?
I’m having some doubts about how to install and allow Linux to correctly read/write to a NTFS formatted harddrive used as backup of various machines (windows included, that’s how I need NTFS).
Why does chmod succeed on a file when the user does not have write permission on parent directory?
I am trying to understand file/dir permissions in Linux.
A user can list the files in a directory using
How can I revert a chmod on the etc directory?
I accidentally executed the following command on the etc directory:
Change permissions for a symbolic link
I have a symlink with these permissions: