Konqueror (KDE2), GMC (GNOME) and MC (console) can change permissions
graphically. In Konqueror and GMC, all you have to do is right click the
file/directory and select propeties. In the properties window you will be
able to change the permissions. MC is a bit trickier, but much more powerful.
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 14:32, Altoine Barker wrote:
> try chmod -R 700 /home/rog/mp3
>
> Cheers
> --Al
>
>
> "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Roger Sherman wrote:
> > Hi! I just copied my mp3 dir from the winbites partition of my PC to
> > the Linux, in my user profile, and when I checked the permissions, it
> > listed as access being given to user, group, and others. Now, what I want
> > to do is to make it so only user has access, and the way I was trying to
> > do it was by opening a su terminal and typing:
> >
> > chmod -r 700 /home/rog/mp3
> >
> > but then I'd hit enter, and it would say
> >
> > chmod: 700: No such file or directory
> >
> > I checked the man pages, and it seemed to indicate I had the syntax
> > right, but I guess I'm misinterpreting it somehow...anyways, what would
> > the proper syntax for that be?
> >
> > --
> >
> > peace,
> >
> > Rog
>
> Hi Rog...aren't you mixing modes there? I mean you can use letters or
> numbers in your chmod commands, but not both, I think? Try:
>
> chmod 700 /home/rog/mp3
>
> You should still go into /home/rog/mp3 and do a chmod 700 * as well...
>
> That should work...
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
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