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[Les Mikesell]

edwardspl at ita.org.mo wrote:

>>>>>>> chmod g+rwx ( What number of g+rwx, eg : ?77 ) /home/edward
>>>> said before the computer does a better job of thinking in octal.
>>> So, +t = 1770, right ?
>> chmod +t ( What number of +t ) /home/edward
>>
>> Again, that is the case where you already have 770 set, but +t really
>> means to add the 1000 bit to whatever was there. You can also specify
>> absolute settings in the symbolic style:
>> chmod u=rwx,g=rwx,o=t file...
>> will set 1770 regardless of what is there and is easier to understand.
>> See 'man chmod' for more details, but it helps to know that the modes
>> are simply bits where 1 gives the permission, 0 does not. The values
>> you compute in octal show the combinations of the bits but they really
>> each only have their own independent meaning so I think the symbolic
>> form makes more sense.
>>
> So... is it correct ?

If you start with

drwx------ /home/edward
the commands

chmod g+rwx /home/edward
chmod +t /home/edward
or
chmod u=rwx,g=rwx,o=t /home/edward
or
chmod 1770 /home/edward

will all give you the same result:
drwxrwx---T  /home/edward

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