Interesting.
On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 9:38 PM Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 5/17/22 10:51, Corey H wrote:
> > sudo chmod +w /etc/whatever/whatever.conf #doesn't work
> > sudo chmod a+w /etc/whatever/whatever.conf #does work
>
> It sounds like you're misunderstanding what "chmod +w" means. It doesn't
>
On 5/17/22 10:51, Corey H wrote:
sudo chmod +w /etc/whatever/whatever.conf #doesn't work
sudo chmod a+w /etc/whatever/whatever.conf #does work
It sounds like you're misunderstanding what "chmod +w" means. It doesn't
mean "turn on all the w bits". It means "turn on the w bits enabled by
the
in Debian 8.32-4+b1 (Debian 11.3) chmod +w isn't working right.
sudo mkdir /etc/whatever
sudo touch /etc/whatever/whatever.conf
sudo chmod +w /etc/whatever/whatever.conf #doesn't work
sudo chmod a+w /etc/whatever/whatever.conf #does work
#in
man chmod
# it states "If none of these are given, the
