possibly messed-up permissions from GLOcean

[Basil Fowler]

Hi

As a general rule permissions for a directory should be 755 
(read/write/execute for owner, read/execute for group, read/execute for all 
others)

For *data* files the permissions should be 644 (read/write owner, read for 
group and all others)

For *program* files the permissions should be 755 - this applies to files 
above all in bin/ directories.

I have never got the hang of the +a -w system -  far too complicated!  I 
always use the command line with chmod for setting permissions. That command 
sets all permissions with one simple easy to remember set of three numbers.  
And it works recursively too!  When combined with 'find', setting permissions 
becomes a lot faster and easier than with a GUI.  Only rarely do I use any 
graphical file manager like Konqueror.

To set all directories in a tree to the correct permissions use this line.
Go the to top of the tree concerned  and run:

find -type d -exec chmod -R 755 {} \;

The option '-type d' selects directories only; '-type f' selects regular files 
only ( no directories or other types of files such as symlinks ).

To set all *data* files to correct permissions

find -type f -exec chmod -R 644 {} \;

For *program* files in a bin directory *without* things are simpler: 

chmod 755 *

This command will affect the permissions of directories too, but this has not 
effect in this case.

Hope this helps

Basil 


On Wednesday 02 February 2005 23:58, s s wrote:
> Hey,
> I tried that cool windeco GLOcean today, and ran into
> some trouble. I installed the slackware package as
> root, and then I think some permissions may have
> gotten messed up somehow, i.e. I can no longer access
> /opt/kde/bin unless I log in as root. What are the
> proper permissions for this directory (and
> subdirectory)? is it a+x, a+r? should I add a+w too?
> I've had trouble in the past with KDE when permissions
> get messed up, so I want to get it right, instead of guessing.
>
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