How can I change the permission (555 or 755) to a user in a specific folder in Ubuntu 12.04. I used this command, but it didn't work
sudo chown -R username:group directory
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5The details of your question are very ambiguous, but they matter a lot. Please explain as precisely as possible what you. What properties (location, ownership) and function(s) does the folder have? – David Foerster Apr 09 '15 at 12:00
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- Are there subdirectories and files in each folder? 2. Do you want to have the directories accessible to different users with different access attributes? This is an old question but can be made useful.
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If you want to change the permissions use this command (755 will grant the owner of the file read, write and execute permissions and read and execute permissions to group and other users ):
sudo chmod -R 755 directory
If you want to change ownership of a folder and it's subfolders and files
sudo chown -R username:usergroup directory
If the owner of a file or directory is let's say the user jofrey you want to grant him read and write permissions:
sudo chmod -R u+rw directory
You can learn more about permission numbers and what they mean from this image
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