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# 1  
Old 10-11-2011
chmod will not drwxrw----
If I:
chmod 740 Documents/
Documents/ = drwxr-----

If I:
chmod 750 Documents/
Documents/ = drwxr-x---

How does that work?

I want to achieve drwxrw----
# 2  
Old 10-11-2011
From the man page of chmod:
Quote:
A numeric mode is from one to four octal digits (0-7), derived by adding up the bits with values 4, 2, and 1. Omitted digits are assumed to be leading zeros. The first digit selects the set user ID (4) and set group ID (2) and restricted deletion or sticky (1) attributes. The second digit selects permissions for the user who owns the file: read (4), write (2), and execute (1); the third selects permissions for other users in the file's group, with the same values; and the fourth for other users not in the file's group, with the same values.
So you just have to add up the digits for each permission you want. For rw- that would be 4 (read) + 2 (write) = 6
# 3  
Old 10-11-2011
awesome explanation pludi .. Smilie
# 4  
Old 10-11-2011
Cool. I still don't know what's going on.

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# 5  
Old 10-11-2011
Code:
chmod 760 Documents

This will achieve the drwxrw---- , but setting the "w" without setting the "x" on a directory seems very weird
# 6  
Old 10-11-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kolusion
Cool. I still don't know what's going on.
Let me guess: you expected a complete solution to your problem, without any thinking required on your part. If so, you've come to the wrong place. We try to encourage & train problem solving, giving hints at the way to reach a solution.
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