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how do i change file permissions

Asked by manton1263

how do I change the permission of a system file?? Set to root and won't let me change?

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Best Ian Ace (iaculallad) said : 		#1

If prompted with this message, you can change file permission by using the sudo command:

sudo chmod 755 /location.of.file.here/filename

If you want to own the file:

sudo chown username:username /location.of.file.here/filename

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manton1263 (manton1263) said : 		#2

Thanks Ian Ace A. Culallad, that solved my question.

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manton1263 (manton1263) said : 		#3

Thanks again Ian, As you can see, I'm a newbe and for some reason when I want to reference a manual, most times i get manual not found. I guess I've got to find out how to down load the manuals!

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Ian Ace (iaculallad) said : 		#4

For the reference manual, you could refer to the man pages through terminal:

man chmod

man chown

HTH.