need help restoring permissions on my downloads folder
need help restoring permissions on my downloads folder
I removed my permissions on my downloads folder using chmod.
can anyone help restore back to default?
Thanks!
sudo chmod 755 ~/Downloads
assuming you don't need a recursive solution for subdirectories
72Reply-R to recurse. Good for chmod and chown
7Replyuseful for
chown
, less so forchmod
: I almost never want my dirs and files with the same permissions, and I made this mistake a few times.find dir -type f -exec chmod 644 -- {} + find dir -type d -exec chmod 755 -- {} +
11ReplyDon't give all your files execution permissions.
chmod 644 -R Downloads chmod +x Downloads
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I love everything about this screenshot
43ReplyThe non proportional font on terminal 🤌
59ReplyI think they should use Comic Sans instead.
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Thanks y’all! chmod 755 worked! Back to drwxr-xr-x
33ReplyA quick guide to explain what is going on here, and what the numbers mean: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DaMLUoGXUAI21V6.jpg:large
33ReplyTip: you can also use chmod u+rwx,g+rx,o+rx etc to add permissions
With the initial letters corresponding to "user", "group" and "other", and (r)was, (w)rite, e(x)ecute for the rest.
In the case of directories, x specifies access to files/etc within the directly (read just let's you see them)
You can also use i.e "o-rw" etc etc to remove existing permissions
26ReplyIf you use X instead of x it'll add execution permission to directories without making files executable.
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I was weirded out by the 12288 filesize. If anyone else is wondering.
So used to seeing 4096 lol
23ReplyHuh, I thought it's a file, but I saw it's a dir. What's up with that odd value?
1ReplySo how i understood from the link it's that in those 4k all file names in that directory are stored. That space can grow if necessary but won't shrink automatically. So i assume that op has alot of files in that directory
5ReplyI believe directories contain pointers to the nodes under them, so they get bigger with lots of things in them.
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chmod 755 ~/Downloads
17ReplyIf OP did it recursively they would also need -R
12Reply
man chmod?
13Replyman, chmod!
20ReplyChmod my man!
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chmod 644 -R Downloads chmod +x Downloads
Your welcome
Edit: I just copied the permissions on the other folders
3ReplyDownloads should be drwxr-x- -x ?
3ReplyWhoops I misread the screenshot
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sudo chmod 777 ~/Downloads
As easy as that!
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