[ale] chmod

[Wolf Halton]

sudo chmod 660 *.JPG
Then it will not matter who owns the files.

Wolf Halton
Mobile/Text 678-687-6104
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On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 7:06 PM, Sean <kilpatms at comcast.net> wrote:

> I am confused -- which is nothing new.
> Running Fedora 24 on this laptop w/kernel 4.8.14, and CentOS  7.2 on my big
> box.
> In the past the following command has changed the perms within a directory
> of
> .JPG files so that all of those files have the same perms:
>
> chmod 660 *.JPG
>
> Now it doesn't. On CentOS.  Works just fine on this laptop w/Fedora 24 --
> ON
> SOME DIRECTORIES!!! just not on the directories I need to have this work
> on.
>
> Specifically, I have some pix taken with an i-phone. They were transferred
> to
> a thumb drive and then to this laptop. The perms read: -rw-r--r-- and I
> want
> them to read: -rw-rw-r--   I would like to change the perms on both the
> thumb
> drive AND on the laptop.s hard drive.
>
> I've looked through the man page and, as is often the case, been unable to
> glean a clue.
>
> A clue would be appreciated.
>
> How do I change the perms from -rw-r--r-- on a set of jpg files within a
> single directory to -rw-rw-r--  ?  And have it stick?
>
>
>
> sean
>
>
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