how do I make a read-only file NOT read-only?

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02-17-2004, 09:04 PM	#1
robster LQ Newbie Registered: Feb 2004 Posts: 21 Rep:	how do I make a read-only file NOT read-only? the thread title pretty much covers it, I have a read-only file I want to copy to my home directory but it says it can't copy because it's read-only

02-17-2004, 09:11 PM	#2
trickykid LQ Guru Registered: Jan 2001 Posts: 24,149 Rep:	Change the permissions on the file. chmod 755 <filename> man chmod for more details.

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