How To Change File or Directory Permissions in Linux

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Mar 6, 2022 5:55 AM EDT
Tom's Hardware; By Jo Hinchliffe
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If you’ve ever tried to run a script from the command line in Linux and gotten an error message saying that it’s not executable or attempted to enter a directory only to be blocked by the system, you probably don’t have permissions to do those things. Fortunately, if you have the proper rights or the ability to act as a super user (accessible by using sudo), you can change the permissions on files and directories.

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