How to use CHMOD?

linus72 · 02-26-2009, 06:33 AM

Morning everyone, I need to gain permissions on a Feather linux remaster I am trying to make. I ran Feather on CD, copied and extracted the "KNOPPIX" to my Desktop, and when I went back to my Desktop, it won't let me have pernissions to either delete it or move it.
Exactly how would I use chmod to be the owner?
Thanks.-see Screenshot too!

colucix · 02-26-2009, 06:59 AM

From a terminal you can do

Code:

sudo chown -R user:group $HOME/Desktop/KNOPPIX

where user and group are the names of the owner you want to set. As you can see the command is chown, whereas the chmod command is meant to change read, write and executable permissions of a file/directory.

pixellany · 02-26-2009, 07:01 AM

change ownership with CHOWN, change permissions with CHMOD.

Either way, you have to first use "su" to become root.

linus72 · 02-26-2009, 07:11 AM

AWESOME-It worked flawlessly!
Thanks-somehow I got chmod and chown mixed up-der?Newbie...