On 05/23/2017 06:46 PM, John R. Sowden wrote: > I have a text file that appears to be a script to run an acct app. I > cannot execute it, and it shows in the file manager as a 'plain text file'. > > Right clicking on properties then permissions, there is no check box for > 'make executable'. > > The text file starts with #! /usr/bin/wish > > How do make this file executable? I tried on a root file manager, no > change. The files is owned by me for r/w/. > > John
Use the chmod terminal command: make bin file executable sudo chmod a+x yourbinfile.bin run bin file sudo ./yourbinfile.bin # runs as root chmod +rwx file # will restore the permission of the file file to default: -rwxr-xr-x. cdmod -R OPTION FILE # recursive chmod 777 FILE # change the permissions of the file to read, write, and execute for all. chmod 664 FILE # sets read and write and no execution access for the owner and group, and read, no write, no execute for all others. Locking a directory For privacy of my data I wanted to lock down /downloads on my file server. So I ran: chmod 0000 /downloads The root user still has access and ls and cd commands will not work. To go back: chmod 0755 /downloads - Victor -- Victor Forberger vforber...@fastmail.fm blog: http://linuxatty.wordpress.com
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