chmod -R ug+rwX,o=r *
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chmod -R -x *
I don't use chmod nearly often enough to remember these numbers. I know there's a mathematical way to figure it out, but I cba to do that when u+wrx more or less tells me exactly what it does (grant the User Write, Read, and eXecute permissions)
Nope, +x for life
Yo dawg, heard you like memes
This is drake erasure and I'm LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT, JERRY
chmod -R 777 / galaxy brain
Chmod 777 I live erratically without consequence.
chmod 755 for when setting permissions to directories. chmod +x for making something executable right when I am about to run it.
chmod -R 600 ~/, because I dont trust anyone, not even myself.
I forgor the tilde and its taking a long time. wat do
Tilde is a shortcut to /home/palordrolap
sudo rm -rf / --no-preserve-root
Start from scratch
But those are different
Had to be done for the joke. :)
this but in reverse π€·ββοΈ
chmod 666 so only the devil can execute it
When I start fucking with chmod, it happens way too often that what I want to do only works after I executed chmod 777...
May I interest you in a nice βchownβ?
chmod -R 777 /
Why the fuck am I still getting permission errors
Selinux
sudo
If you don't add the leading digit (out of respect) for the sticky/setgid/setuid bits, do you even Linux?
700 cause Iβm selfish.
I like to chmod it chmod it
u=rwX,g=rX,o=rX because this won't make every file executable, only folders.
Looks like a handy flag
Dont forgot setfacl