Beginner’s Tip: Learning to use chmod
Chmod is a terminal command that often goes unused by new users. Chmod is short for “change mode” and according to the manual page:
chmod changes the permissions of each given file according to mode, which can be either a symbolic representation of changes to make, or an octal number representing the bit pattern for the new permissions.
I know the manual page sounds somewhat technical and probably very confusing. However, in more basic terms, the idea behind chmod is very simple: use chmod to modify the permissions of a file. Arsgeek has a very strong tutorial on how to use chmod and the various situations in which it comes in handy.
Beginner’s guide to chmod - [Arsgeek]
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