UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

i did a search before posting

i want to know how to change the permission access for a file / directory. i cant find it in my UNIX book

thanks a lot

edit:

i also need to know what chmod option will allow you to change the permissoin access for a directory and all files and subdirectories underneath it?

i dont use the man or the help commands

i use the book. i did look in the book but couldnt find it. its weird like that.

thanks for the help though

ok when i use man chmod

a lot of the characters are in symbols, like russian. wtf?

ok what i meant was i need to know how to change all file access

Owner how to make it R W and E

Group R W E

and the third thing R W and E

and how to make it maybe r and w but not E or just r

the Man command is not working for me, i get too much weird text that is untranslateable, like these computers dont have some language pack installed