From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fed1rmmtao05.cox.net ([68.230.241.34]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DQCaE-0004mm-00 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:01:42 -0400 Received: from lnx2.holmesgrown.com ([68.98.98.68]) by fed1rmmtao05.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP id <20050425230110.YFDU8651.fed1rmmtao05.cox.net@lnx2.holmesgrown.com> for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:01:10 -0400 Received: from lnx3.holmesgrown.com ([192.168.1.5] ident=mail) by lnx2.holmesgrown.com with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 1DQCZf-0002C4-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:01:07 -0700 Received: from steve by lnx3.holmesgrown.com with local (Exim 4.20) id 1DQCZl-0002JS-NM for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:01:13 -0700 Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:01:13 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050425230111.GA8750@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <000c01c549e7$7f317d70$c2a9e744@nedelko83f1172> <20050425224115.GA25003@romuald.net.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050425224115.GA25003@romuald.net.eu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: "Steve Holmes,,," Subject: Re: setting security bits on UNIX X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:01:47 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 For even more information, do a "man chmod" for all the gorry details on file permissions. Since you're dealing with a text file, you should probably not need the execute permission on the file so then chmod 644 would be plenty adequate. Note that chmod 644 would yield - -rW-r--r--... Umask determines a default permission given to eny newly created files under your current user account. On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 05:41:15PM -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote: > chmod 755 filename > > Hth. > > Greg > > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 03:38:26PM -0700, Ned wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I don't know how to take off protection from one of my files > > Tried umask 022, umask 0, etc, nothing works. The chmod command didn't work either. I don't know the values that I need to put in. > > The ls -l fileName command should give me: > > -rwxr-xr-x > > but not all dashes as it does now. > > It's an html file that needs to be read and executed by anybody. > > Please help. > > > > Many thanks in advance! > > Ned > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > !DSPAM:426d71a4249891133470069! > > > > > > -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCbXa3WSjv55S0LfERA9waAKC/qDp+n4VXC1knhAMlO22BfXLfsgCbBtfS hEebm/5c9zbRiTyqktdZWfY= =E/C6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----