Linux @lemmy.ml Another_username @lemmy.world 5mo ago

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!

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sudo chmod 755 ~/Downloads

assuming you don't need a recursive solution for subdirectories
- Sudo is completely unnecessary here. If the owner changed, use chown first reset the user. Then use chmod to change permissions.
  
  You’re correct…sudo wasn’t necessary
  
  that's probably right, though sudo will work every time
- -R to recurse. Good for chmod and chown
  
  useful for chown, less so for chmod: 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 -- {} +
  
  Don't give all your files execution permissions.
  
  chmod 644 -R Downloads chmod +x Downloads
I love everything about this screenshot
- The non proportional font on terminal 🤌
  
  I think they should use Comic Sans instead.
Thanks y’all! chmod 755 worked! Back to drwxr-xr-x
- A quick guide to explain what is going on here, and what the numbers mean: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DaMLUoGXUAI21V6.jpg:large
- Tip: 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
  
  If you use X instead of x it'll add execution permission to directories without making files executable.
I was weirded out by the 12288 filesize. If anyone else is wondering.

So used to seeing 4096 lol
- Huh, I thought it's a file, but I saw it's a dir. What's up with that odd value?
  
  So 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
  
  I believe directories contain pointers to the nodes under them, so they get bigger with lots of things in them.
chmod 755 ~/Downloads
- If OP did it recursively they would also need -R
  
  You don't necessarily want to set files to 755. So I recommend
  
  find Downloads -type d -exec chmod 755 {} ;
man chmod?
- man, chmod!
  
  Chmod my man!
chmod 644 -R Downloads chmod +x Downloads

Your welcome

Edit: I just copied the permissions on the other folders
- Downloads should be drwxr-x- -x ?
  
  Whoops I misread the screenshot
sudo chmod 777 ~/Downloads

As easy as that!

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