Bill Jonas on Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:57:05 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] Program permission 

On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 03:51:33PM -0400, Paul wrote:
> The fact that I didn't know about the power of "=".  8^)  Can the 
> notation be used for attributes other than rwx?

According to chmod(1), you can use the letters "rwxXstugo" in a symbolic
permission string.  (I note that "a" is missing in that list.  Hmm.)  We
already know about u, g, o, r, w, and x.  Read the man page for the
meanings of X, s, and t.

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