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Setting File Permissions - Exercise
Setting Shell Script file Permissions
Objective:
Use the chmod command to set file permissions on a script file.
Exercise scoring
This exercise is worth 2 points.
Background/overview
You should have an account set up on the DispersedNet Labs server or on a UNIX server at your site. Log in to this account so you see a UNIX command line prompt. You will be working with the filename “welcome” that you created in the last exercise.
Instructions
Log in to your UNIX account so you are working at a command prompt.
Use the
ls
command to view the current file permissions of your script file by entering the following line:
% ls –l welcome
Use the
chmod
command to add the Execute permission to your script file by entering the following line:
% chmod u+x welcome
Use the
ls
command again to check that the Execute permission has been added by entering the following line:
% ls –l welcome
