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
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