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  • [–] 60 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    Yeah, not only does +x leave read/write permissions untouched, it also only makes it executable for the user, not for everyone and their cat.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Cat doesn't execute anything tho, it just reads and gives output

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    The cat command executes the cat program.

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  • [–] 64 points 1 month ago

    chmod 666 so only the devil can execute it

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  • [–] 37 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    When I start fucking with chmod, it happens way too often that what I want to do only works after I executed chmod 777...

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  • [–] 31 points 1 month ago

    this but in reverse πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

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  • [–] 18 points 1 month ago

    If you don't add the leading digit (out of respect) for the sticky/setgid/setuid bits, do you even Linux?

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago (12 children)

    700 cause I’m selfish.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (11 children)

    700 is the only sane answer for directories inside $HOME.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    Nah, there’s a lot of config files in there that other programs need to read.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Unfortunately. I really wish $HOME was reserved for files I create myself. I know. I can create my own shit for that. But, I really wish every single random project I download to fuck around with didn't drop a config directory or file in there. ITS MY HOME.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    I mean, having config files in there makes a lot of sense. It allows you to move your home to some other machine/install and immediately feel at home, because everything is configured to your liking.

    Now, the fact that many apps create their own directory instead of putting their stuff in ~/.config is pretty annoying.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    Yeah. That's more my frustration. That it's implented poorly by most people. I don't think that trying to change the standard by "adding another standard" would be helpful. Just minor frustration. Which usually leads me to putting all my organized directories and shit in a dedicated location. And I just let /home be the clutter that it is.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    chmod -R 600 ~/, because I dont trust anyone, not even myself.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (1 child)
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    chmod -R 777 / galaxy brain

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I don't use chmod nearly often enough to remember these numbers. I know there's a mathematical way to figure it out, but I cba to do that when u+wrx more or less tells me exactly what it does (grant the User Write, Read, and eXecute permissions)

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    chmod 755 for when setting permissions to directories. chmod +x for making something executable right when I am about to run it.

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    [–] 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    u=rwX,g=rX,o=rX because this won't make every file executable, only folders.

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    [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    I like to chmod it chmod it

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (11 children)

    real question is how do you pronounce chmod

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    [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Chmod 777 I live erratically without consequence.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    not giving a fuck about proper file perms is fine as long as its not a server

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