As with many things on the Linux command line, you have some choices on how you make your requests. The chmod command allows you to change permissions numerically or using character expressions.

The first line in the example below, however, uses the echo command to create a one-line file called “myscript”. The chmod command shown in the following line makes it executable.

The command to address this issue is “chmod”. There is more than one way to change permissions, but I prefer the OCTAL code method. This method can be memorized easily using the following table.

Type "sudo chmod a+rwx /path/to/file" into the terminal, replacing "/path/to/file" with the file you want to give permissions to everyone for, and press "Enter." You can also use the command "sudo ...