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→INVESTIGATION 2: FILE PERMISSIONS
# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">ls -lR ~/documents</span><br>What do you noticed happened to the permissions for the regular files contained in those directories.<br>Did those regular file permissions change?<br><br>We want to now change those regular file permissions to the following settings: <span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">r w - r - - - - -</span><br><br>
# Issue the following Linux commands: <br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">chmod 640 ~/documents/memos/memo*.txt<br>chmod 640 ~/documents/reports/report*.txt<br>chmod 640 ~/dcouments/contracts/contract*.txt</span><br><br>
# Issue the <span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">ls -lR</span> command for the '''~/documents''' directory to confirm that those regular file permission have changed.<br><br>Let's run a checking script to make certain you correctly set permissions for those directories and files.<br><br># Issue the following: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">bash /home/murray.saul/scripts/week3-check-2</span><br><br># If you encounter errors, make corrections and then re-run the checking script until you receive a congratulations message and then continue with this tutorial.<br><br>Let's get some practice setting permissions to allow users to make editing changes to regular files.<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">chmod ugo-w ~/documents/memos/memo*.txt</span><br><br>
# Use the <span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">ls</span> command to verify that those regular file's permissions have changed.<br><br>