edwardspl@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>>>>>> chmod g+rwx ( What number of g+rwx, eg : ?77 ) /home/edward >>>> said before the computer does a better job of thinking in octal. >>> So, +t = 1770, right ? >> chmod +t ( What number of +t ) /home/edward >> >> Again, that is the case where you already have 770 set, but +t really >> means to add the 1000 bit to whatever was there. You can also specify >> absolute settings in the symbolic style: >> chmod u=rwx,g=rwx,o=t file... >> will set 1770 regardless of what is there and is easier to understand. >> See 'man chmod' for more details, but it helps to know that the modes >> are simply bits where 1 gives the permission, 0 does not. The values >> you compute in octal show the combinations of the bits but they really >> each only have their own independent meaning so I think the symbolic >> form makes more sense. >> > So... is it correct ? If you start with drwx------ /home/edward the commands chmod g+rwx /home/edward chmod +t /home/edward or chmod u=rwx,g=rwx,o=t /home/edward or chmod 1770 /home/edward will all give you the same result: drwxrwx---T /home/edward -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
