chmod Tutorial

This is a sample of a tutorial that teaches the UNIX ®/Linux ® chmod command. It presumes that you already know how to use the ls command to list the contents of a directory. The tutorial has been tested with Netscape Navigator ® 4.6.1 under Linux.

What is chmod?

Here are all the topics:

• Changing File Permissions
• Your Permissions
• Group Permissions
• Others' Permissions
• The chmod command
• chmod Examples
• Try chmod
• chmod Shortcuts
• Copying Permissions
• Try chmod again
• A Problem Solved
• A New Problem
• Setting User ID
• Quick Reference Summary

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