chmod

Purpose

Changes the permissions of a directory or file.

chmod (-R) [PERMS] [PATH]

Arguments

• (-R) — enables recursion mode
• PERMS — the permissions you want to add or subtract ex: o-rwx
• PATH — the path to the file or directory to change the permissions

Examples

Non recursion mode

chmod o-rwx /home/volk

Result:
Subtracted the rwx permissions for other users from /home/volk

Recursion mode

chmod -R o-rwx /home/volk

Result:
Subtracted the rwx permissions for other users from /home/volk, and all files and directories inside this folder.