Permissions
From John Freier
Fix permissions
restorecon -R -v
Read/Write/Execute
4 2 1 Read Write Execute 0 No No No 1 No No Yes 2 No Yes No 3 No Yes Yes 4 Yes No No 5 Yes No Yes 6 Yes Yes No 7 Yes Yes Yes
Examples
drw-r--r-- = (4+2+1)(4)(4) = 744 User = (read/write) Group = (read) Other = (read)
Set all the members(user, group, other) for a file to Read & Write
chmod a=rw example.data
Set the User to Read, Write, & Execute
chmod u=rwx example.data
Add the Write permission to the Group for a file.
chmod g+w example.data
Remove the Read & Write from the Other membership of a file.
chmod o-rw example.data