tag 25223 notabug close 25223 stop On 18/12/16 12:37, Eugen Dedu wrote: > Hi, > > chmod +w file does not work: > > snoopy:~$ touch ff > snoopy:~$ ls -l ff > -rw-r--r-- 1 ededu ededu 0 Dec 18 13:31 ff > snoopy:~$ chmod +w ff > snoopy:~$ ls -l ff > -rw-r--r-- 1 ededu ededu 0 Dec 18 13:31 ff > snoopy:~$ chmod +x ff > snoopy:~$ ls -l ff > -rwxr-xr-x 1 ededu ededu 0 Dec 18 13:31 ff > snoopy:~$ chmod --version > chmod (GNU coreutils) 8.26
>From the man page, taking particular note of the last line... "A combination of the letters ugoa controls which users' access to the file will be changed: the user who owns it (u), other users in the file's group (g), other users not in the file's group (o), or all users (a). If none of these are given, the effect is as if (a) were given, but bits that are set in the umask are not affected."
