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I'm trying to set some files world readable
sudo chmod 664 *.ogg
however the files still have permission -rw-rw---- after the operation.
These are phone calls recorded from Asterisk - if that helps at all.
Alister
Posted 2014-03-14T09:05:35.647
Reputation: 647
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You are using the wrong command. chown is used to change the owner of a file. You are looking for chmod:
sudo chmod 664 *.ogg
As I am sure you are aware the above command will give you the following permission structure:
-rw-rw-r--
Matthew Williams
Posted 2014-03-14T09:05:35.647
Reputation: 4 149
oops, you are correct - I've updated my question – Alister – 2014-03-14T09:24:01.897
Not sure what file structure you are using, so have a look here and see if this helps: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/chmod-won%27t-change-the-file-permissions-259218/
– Matthew Williams – 2014-03-14T09:30:39.280Doing
chmod -R 664(recursively set the permissions) on the folder thenchmod 775(set the permissions back on the folder only) on the folder seems to have solved this, although it is not the best solution – Alister – 2014-03-14T09:47:29.180That is odd. Must have been a problem with the * extension. I was going to suggest a -R, but assumed you had more than just the .ogg files in your folder. Never mind you fixed it now. – Matthew Williams – 2014-03-14T10:00:43.157