From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 23 15:57:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA14823 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 23 Apr 1996 15:57:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA14816 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 1996 15:57:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA10856; Tue, 23 Apr 96 22:57:09 GMT Message-Id: <9604232257.AA10856@fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov> Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.40.112.3/16.2) id AA294790228; Tue, 23 Apr 1996 16:57:08 -0600 Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 16:57:08 -0600 From: Sean Kelly To: cyborg1@mail.pernet.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <317D26B8.1B8E@mail.pernet.net> (message from Nitemaster on Tue, 23 Apr 1996 13:51:36 -0500) Subject: Re: chmod Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Nitemaster" == Nitemaster writes: Nitemaster> What numbers should I use for this - chmod o+w Nitemaster> filename? (I'm not sure if I understand the question, but here goes.) There are NO numbers for o+w since that's a *relative* setting, meaning add write permission for the others. If it were `o=rw', meaning set read+write only for the others no matter what's already there, then you could use a 6 as the last digit. And if you wanted read+write for the group and for the owner, try chmod 666 ... -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/