Execute Bit For Folders But Not Files
I have a folder called Movies with sub-folders called Movie1, Movie2 etc, and then the movie inside of that sub-directory. Example below:
Movies:
Movie1
film.whatever1
Movie2
film.whatever1
Movie3
film.whatever1
Movie4
film.whatever1
Movie5
film.whatever1
I want the permissions to be 755 for directories so that anyone can navigate down to Movie1-5 folders (the only reason this is 755 and not 744 is because the execute bit is required to change into a directory). But I want all the film.whatever1-5 files to be read-only. I cannot for the life of me figure out if that's possible.
I tried to do this using the setfacl command with the upper case X as shown below:
setfacl -R -d -m u::rwx Movies
setfacl -R -d -m g::r-X Movies
setfacl -R -d -m o::r-X Movies
setfacl -R -m u::rwx Movies
setfacl -R -m g::r-X Movies
setfacl -R -m o::r-X Movies
The result was that it changed the folder and files to BOTH be executable. It's a very annoying problem I need to solve.
permissions acl
asked Feb 3 at 16:22
john smithjohn smith
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I have a folder called Movies with sub-folders called Movie1, Movie2 etc, and then the movie inside of that sub-directory. Example below:
Movies:
Movie1
film.whatever1
Movie2
film.whatever1
Movie3
film.whatever1
Movie4
film.whatever1
Movie5
film.whatever1
I want the permissions to be 755 for directories so that anyone can navigate down to Movie1-5 folders (the only reason this is 755 and not 744 is because the execute bit is required to change into a directory). But I want all the film.whatever1-5 files to be read-only. I cannot for the life of me figure out if that's possible.
I tried to do this using the setfacl command with the upper case X as shown below:
setfacl -R -d -m u::rwx Movies
setfacl -R -d -m g::r-X Movies
setfacl -R -d -m o::r-X Movies
setfacl -R -m u::rwx Movies
setfacl -R -m g::r-X Movies
setfacl -R -m o::r-X Movies
The result was that it changed the folder and files to BOTH be executable. It's a very annoying problem I need to solve.
permissions acl
asked Feb 3 at 16:22
john smithjohn smith
1,05642040
AFAIK theXin asetfaclmode description (same aschmod) means "execute only if the file is a directory or already has execute permission for some user" - it doesn't remove execute permission from non-directories that already have it.
– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 18:11
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I have a folder called Movies with sub-folders called Movie1, Movie2 etc, and then the movie inside of that sub-directory. Example below:
Movies:
Movie1
film.whatever1
Movie2
film.whatever1
Movie3
film.whatever1
Movie4
film.whatever1
Movie5
film.whatever1
I want the permissions to be 755 for directories so that anyone can navigate down to Movie1-5 folders (the only reason this is 755 and not 744 is because the execute bit is required to change into a directory). But I want all the film.whatever1-5 files to be read-only. I cannot for the life of me figure out if that's possible.
I tried to do this using the setfacl command with the upper case X as shown below:
setfacl -R -d -m u::rwx Movies
setfacl -R -d -m g::r-X Movies
setfacl -R -d -m o::r-X Movies
setfacl -R -m u::rwx Movies
setfacl -R -m g::r-X Movies
setfacl -R -m o::r-X Movies
The result was that it changed the folder and files to BOTH be executable. It's a very annoying problem I need to solve.
permissions acl
asked Feb 3 at 16:22
john smithjohn smith
1,05642040
I have a folder called Movies with sub-folders called Movie1, Movie2 etc, and then the movie inside of that sub-directory. Example below:
Movies:
Movie1
film.whatever1
Movie2
film.whatever1
Movie3
film.whatever1
Movie4
film.whatever1
Movie5
film.whatever1
I want the permissions to be 755 for directories so that anyone can navigate down to Movie1-5 folders (the only reason this is 755 and not 744 is because the execute bit is required to change into a directory). But I want all the film.whatever1-5 files to be read-only. I cannot for the life of me figure out if that's possible.
I tried to do this using the setfacl command with the upper case X as shown below:
setfacl -R -d -m u::rwx Movies
setfacl -R -d -m g::r-X Movies
setfacl -R -d -m o::r-X Movies
setfacl -R -m u::rwx Movies
setfacl -R -m g::r-X Movies
setfacl -R -m o::r-X Movies
The result was that it changed the folder and files to BOTH be executable. It's a very annoying problem I need to solve.
permissions acl
permissions acl
asked Feb 3 at 16:22
john smithjohn smith
1,05642040
asked Feb 3 at 16:22
john smithjohn smith
1,05642040
asked Feb 3 at 16:22
john smithjohn smith
1,05642040
asked Feb 3 at 16:22
john smithjohn smith
1,05642040
asked Feb 3 at 16:22
john smithjohn smith
1,05642040
1,05642040
AFAIK theXin asetfaclmode description (same aschmod) means "execute only if the file is a directory or already has execute permission for some user" - it doesn't remove execute permission from non-directories that already have it.
– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 18:11
add a comment |
AFAIK theXin asetfaclmode description (same aschmod) means "execute only if the file is a directory or already has execute permission for some user" - it doesn't remove execute permission from non-directories that already have it.
– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 18:11
AFAIK the
X in a setfacl mode description (same as chmod) means "execute only if the file is a directory or already has execute permission for some user" - it doesn't remove execute permission from non-directories that already have it.– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 18:11
AFAIK the
X in a setfacl mode description (same as chmod) means "execute only if the file is a directory or already has execute permission for some user" - it doesn't remove execute permission from non-directories that already have it.– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 18:11
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You can use find to run different commands on regular files and directories by filtering them with the -type option. This runs recursively on everything inside ./Movies:
# all directories become 755 (rwx r-x r-x):
find ./Movies -type d -exec chmod 755 '{}' ;
# all files become 644 (rw- r-- r--):
find ./Movies -type f -exec chmod 644 '{}' ;
answered Feb 3 at 16:31
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You can use find to run different commands on regular files and directories by filtering them with the -type option. This runs recursively on everything inside ./Movies:
# all directories become 755 (rwx r-x r-x):
find ./Movies -type d -exec chmod 755 '{}' ;
# all files become 644 (rw- r-- r--):
find ./Movies -type f -exec chmod 644 '{}' ;
answered Feb 3 at 16:31
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You can use find to run different commands on regular files and directories by filtering them with the -type option. This runs recursively on everything inside ./Movies:
# all directories become 755 (rwx r-x r-x):
find ./Movies -type d -exec chmod 755 '{}' ;
# all files become 644 (rw- r-- r--):
find ./Movies -type f -exec chmod 644 '{}' ;
answered Feb 3 at 16:31
Byte CommanderByte Commander
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You can use find to run different commands on regular files and directories by filtering them with the -type option. This runs recursively on everything inside ./Movies:
# all directories become 755 (rwx r-x r-x):
find ./Movies -type d -exec chmod 755 '{}' ;
# all files become 644 (rw- r-- r--):
find ./Movies -type f -exec chmod 644 '{}' ;
answered Feb 3 at 16:31
Byte CommanderByte Commander
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You can use find to run different commands on regular files and directories by filtering them with the -type option. This runs recursively on everything inside ./Movies:
# all directories become 755 (rwx r-x r-x):
find ./Movies -type d -exec chmod 755 '{}' ;
# all files become 644 (rw- r-- r--):
find ./Movies -type f -exec chmod 644 '{}' ;
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AFAIK the
Xin asetfaclmode description (same aschmod) means "execute only if the file is a directory or already has execute permission for some user" - it doesn't remove execute permission from non-directories that already have it.– steeldriver
Feb 3 at 18:11