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→INVESTIGATION 2: FILE PERMISSIONS
# Issue the '''ls -ld''' and '''ls -lR''' commands (as you did in ''step #8'') to confirm that the permissions for those directories have been changed.<br><br>'''NOTE:''' The '''-R''' option for the '''chmod''' command can change the file permissions <u>recursively</u> within a directory structure.<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">chmod 750 -R ~/documents</span><br><br>
# Again, Issue the ls -ld and ls -lR commands (as you did in step #8) to confirm the permissions for the<br>'''~/documents''', '''~/document/memos''' , '''~/documents/reports''', and '''~/documents/contracts''' directories <br>and those directories ' contents.<br><br>
# 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>
