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Command Line Basics: Permissions and Ownership

Video by Addison BerrySeptember 16, 2009 - 7:57am

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In this next video of our command line series, we will look at permissions and ownership of files and folders. It covers the following commands:

  • chmod
  • chown
  • chgrp
  • sudo

Comments

mm (not verified) on September 16, 2009 - 1:47pm

loved it

really nicely done, addi. i learned some stuff.

Jaymie Jones (not verified) on September 16, 2009 - 8:06pm

Great Screencast

Great screencast addi! Loving these little ones. Helps refresh the memory on some of these command line commands. Normally I just use:
chmod 777 ...
and not like
chmod o+r ...
Never knew about that way of doing things.

September 17, 2009 - 7:42pm Addison Berry

numbers vs letters

Thanks! I actually have always used the number system myself but I figured the letters are more intuitive and a *lot* easier for people to learn. I had originally intended to at least talk about the number system but the video was already over length (I try to do all my vids under 15 minutes as a rule) and I thought it might end up causing more confusion anyway. Glad you found it informative!

mortendk (not verified) on October 24, 2009 - 5:27am

öwesome

Hey Addi
pretty hot stuff - great to learn new stuff and not feel like an idiot :)
thanx for the screencast, im actully beginning to feel kinda "home" now in the terminal

diyet (not verified) on November 10, 2009 - 3:37pm

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Anonymous (not verified) on November 14, 2009 - 11:27pm

thanx for the screencast, im

thanx for the screencast, im actully beginning to feel kinda "home" now in the terminal
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