Les Mikesell wrote:
edwardspl(a)ita.org.mo wrote:
>>>>>>>chmod g+rwx ( What number of g+rwx, eg : ?77 ) /home/edward
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>said before the computer does a better job of thinking in octal.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>So, +t = 1770, right ?
>>>
>>>
>>chmod +t ( What number of +t ) /home/edward
>>
>>Again, that is the case where you already have 770 set, but +t really
>>means to add the 1000 bit to whatever was there. You can also specify
>>absolute settings in the symbolic style:
>>chmod u=rwx,g=rwx,o=t file...
>>will set 1770 regardless of what is there and is easier to understand.
>>See 'man chmod' for more details, but it helps to know that the modes
>>are simply bits where 1 gives the permission, 0 does not. The values
>>you compute in octal show the combinations of the bits but they really
>>each only have their own independent meaning so I think the symbolic
>>form makes more sense.
>>
>>
>>
>So... is it correct ?
>
>
If you start with
drwx------ /home/edward
the commands
chmod g+rwx /home/edward
chmod +t /home/edward
or
chmod u=rwx,g=rwx,o=t /home/edward
or
chmod 1770 /home/edward
will all give you the same result:
drwxrwx---T /home/edward
So.. only chmod 1770 /home/edward