I'd be wondering what 'g=,o=' actually does. You may want
chmod u+rwx,go-rwx /home/psmith
and you probably do *not* want to set all files in /home/psmith to be
executable for their owner like you set them with '-R u=x'.
Indeed the better option is chmod -R u=rwX,go-rwx /home/psmith ...
On 14 Jul 2013, at 02:24, lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de wrote:
Paul Smith phh...@gmail.com writes:
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 3:47 PM, lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de wrote:
chmod 755 /home
But what about
/home/psmith
It depends on what you want. There is some tradition that home
directories
Dear All,
I was playing with the permissions of
/home
/home/psmith
because of the issue reported in previous posts.
Could someone please tell me the commands to restore the correct
permissions to those both directories?
In previous posts, some people recommended
chmod 755 /home
But what
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 3:47 PM, lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de wrote:
chmod 755 /home
But what about
/home/psmith
It depends on what you want. There is some tradition that home
directories are readable for everyone and writable for their owners
only. It may be a good idea to make them
Paul Smith phh...@gmail.com writes:
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 3:47 PM, lee l...@yun.yagibdah.de wrote:
chmod 755 /home
But what about
/home/psmith
It depends on what you want. There is some tradition that home
directories are readable for everyone and writable for their owners
only. It