[Linux] permissions

[Szu-ching Peckner]

my first time to reply .. hope it helps

>I created a folder on / with the root user.  How do I
>view the permissions on the folder,
ls -l
and how do I
>change the permissions on it so that I may write to
>the folder from a windows computer?
>
chmod xxx [file or folder name]
the first x is the permission for the owner
the second x is the permission for the group
the third x is for anyone else
4 for read, 2 for write, 1 for execute. so if the file owner is root, group 
is root, 664 gives user root read and write, group root read and write, 
anyone else have only read permission.

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