Carlos, et al -- ...and then Carlos E. R. said... % % On 05/12/2019 15.00, David T-G wrote: % > ... % > u+rwx,o-rwx # u+a,g-a ... o+r-wx [That's not quite how I wrote those two lines, BTW ...] % > % > to make the reading simpler. It's a little change, but maybe % > helpful. % % But to me it is easier as I wrote it :-) % % chmod u+r+w,g+r+w,o+r-w-x,-t Fair enough :-) There are lots of ways to get to the same thing -- of course! % % The escapes are for the sudoers, not for the command itself. Sudoers % doesn't like the commas. % % So your version would end in the sudoers file like this: % % > u+rwx\,o-rwx Agreed. I was being lazy :-) % % > % % Numeric mode makes me consult my tables or do maths [snip] % > % > *grin* I get it, even though I'm one of those that can just look % > at octal and see the perms :-) % % :-) % % To me, I would do it like "+++++?+--". Ie, the same as "ls -" prints them. I could see that. It would be nice if chmod suported a 9-char input mode so that you could do that! % % % -- % Cheers / Saludos, % % Carlos E. R. % (from 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar) % QTBD :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org