Permissions

By default, the dept.english machine assigns permissions for viewing your files for your maximum protection: new files are created so that only you may read them. If you want a file to appear on the World Wide Web, you must change the permissions that apply to it so that everyone can read it.

To change the permissions of a file so that everyone can read it, use the command:

chmod a+r filename
where "filename" is actually the name of the file.

Because "chmod" is such a forgettable command, the good folks at Mail.SAS have implemented a command that is much easier to remember:

permissions

This command changes all of the files in your World Wide Web directory so that everyone can read them.

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Last Modified: April 25, 1997

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