chmod – change file mode bits

ABOUT chmod In Unix and Unix-like operating systems, chmod is the command and system call which is used to change the access permissions of file system objects (files and directories). It is also used to change special mode flags. The request is filtered by the umask. The name is an abbreviation of change mode.[1] TYPICAL …

directory permissions

ahiliation@debian:~$ chmod +t source/ ahiliation@debian:~$ ls -l total 12 drwxr-xr-x 2 ahiliation ahiliation 4096 2010-03-13 04:40 Desktop drwxr-xr-x 2 ahiliation ahiliation 4096 2010-03-13 19:20 Downloads drwxr-xr-t 2 ahiliation ahiliation 4096 2010-03-13 20:41 source t – Save text attribute (sticky bit) – The user may delete or modify only those files in the directory that they …