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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I removed my permissions on my downloads folder using chmod.
can anyone help restore back to default?
Thanks!
venji10,
sudo chmod 777 ~/Downloads
As easy as that!
possiblylinux127, (edited ) <span style="color:#323232;">chmod 644 -R Downloads </span><span style="color:#323232;">chmod +x Downloads </span>
Your welcome
Edit: I just copied the permissions on the other folders
Another_username, Downloads should be drwxr-x- -x ?
possiblylinux127, Whoops I misread the screenshot
billgamesh, I was weirded out by the 12288 filesize. If anyone else is wondering.
So used to seeing 4096 lol
pastermil, Huh, I thought it’s a file, but I saw it’s a dir. What’s up with that odd value?
atzanteol, I believe directories contain pointers to the nodes under them, so they get bigger with lots of things in them.
SaltyIceteaMaker, ![]()
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
Another_username, I do have a lot of files in that directory…but music has more files and taking more space. Strange…
billgamesh, My reading was it wasn’t based purely on number of files, but metadata related to files and stuff (idk what that is in ext4, but movies tend to be large and complex related to music). it’s probably irrelevant because that’s still a really small number on a modern hard drive.
Another_username, Ahh yeah, that makes sense. Thanks for sharing the info!
AnUnusualRelic, ![]()
man chmod?
tsonfeir, ![]()
man, chmod!
WhyAUsername_1, Chmod my man!
mactan, Chmod my soul
possiblylinux127, chmod 777
mvirts, I love everything about this screenshot
folkrav, The non proportional font on terminal 🤌
pastermil, I think they should use Comic Sans instead.
folkrav, Papyrus or bust
brax, Webdings
Pretend you’re using Ancient Aliens tech
caseyweederman, Aptos Mono if you want to feel conflicted
pastermil, That one’s at least still fixed width
caseyweederman, Blessing and a curse
pastermil, As long as it’s fixed width it’s a blessing to me.
Another_username, Thanks y’all! chmod 755 worked! Back to drwxr-xr-x
RegalPotoo, ![]()
A quick guide to explain what is going on here, and what the numbers mean: pbs.twimg.com/media/DaMLUoGXUAI21V6.jpg:large
phx, 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 ®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
lolcatnip, If you use X instead of x it’ll add execution permission to directories without making files executable.
phx, Oh yeah I forgot to mention that. It’s important when using wildcards or recursive permissions!
eager_eagle, ![]()
sudo chmod 755 ~/Downloads
assuming you don’t need a recursive solution for subdirectories
tgxn, ![]()
-R to recurse. Good for chmod and chown
eager_eagle, ![]()
useful for
chown
, less so forchmod
: I almost never want my dirs and files with the same permissions, and I made this mistake a few times.<span style="color:#323232;">find dir -type f -exec chmod 644 -- {} + </span><span style="color:#323232;">find dir -type d -exec chmod 755 -- {} + </span>
caseyweederman, Go over it with a second chmod -R but with -X to add execute but only to directories
toynbee, If all you need is to restore read permissions, you could use symbolic rather than octal:
<span style="color:#323232;">chmod -R a+r $DIR </span>
If you don’t want to grant read permissions to everyone you can replace the
a
with whichever applies ofugo
for user, group or other.
possiblylinux127, (edited ) Don’t give all your files execution permissions.
<span style="color:#323232;">chmod 644 -R Downloads </span><span style="color:#323232;">chmod +x Downloads </span>
tgxn, ![]()
That’s the same as 755, except you are only setting execute on the folder?
possiblylinux127, Why would you want execute on anything but the folder?
bjoern_tantau, ![]()
chmod 755 ~/Downloads
phorq, Spanish If OP did it recursively they would also need -R
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