Changing permissions in a Unix directory

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I am not able to change permission on a directory I created on the Unix server.



This is how the structure looks



$ ls
engany N832342 N854431 zabbix
$


Now I want to change the permission in N854431 folder so that I can read, write and execute files there.



Reason being currently when I am trying to scp some file from my local to that folder it gives an error "Permission Denied"



When I do this:



$ ls -l 
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 3 engany engany 4096 Jan 16 08:46 engany
drwxr-xr-x 3 N832342 N832342 4096 Jan 15 05:30 N832342
drwxr-xr-x 5 N854431 N854431 4096 Jan 16 09:25 N854431
drwxr-xr-x 16 zabbix zabbix 4096 Jan 10 22:51 zabbix
$


I want rwx permission for any directory under N854431.



So I did this:



$ chmod -R ugo+rwx /home/N854431
And now I see rwx permission in N854431



$ ls -l
total 44
-rwxrwxrwx 1 N854431 N854431 8980 Apr 20 2016 examples.desktop
-rwxrwxrwx 1 N854431 N854431 24971 Jan 16 10:14 file.py
drwxrwxrwx 4 N854431 N854431 4096 Jan 16 10:08 web_path
$


However now when I try to send a file from my local to a directory under N854431



$ scp file.py N854431@10.6.121.124:/web_path


gives "Permission Denied" error.



When I do just the directory



$ scp file.py N854431@10.6.121.124:


It is able to send file.py under N854431. But it is not sending it to any other directory under N854431.



What is going wrong










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    You probably want ~/web_path, not /web_path

    – jordanm
    Jan 16 at 20:32











  • when i do this: ssh N854431@10.6.121.124 it logs me to /home/N854431/. Thats why it also sends the file.py to this folder as mentioned last

    – Baktaawar
    Jan 16 at 20:33






  • 1





    When you start a path with /, that makes it absolute, not relative to your starting location.

    – jordanm
    Jan 16 at 20:33











  • Isn't N854431@10.6.121.124: before takes u to /home/10.6.121.124?

    – Baktaawar
    Jan 16 at 20:37











  • Do u also know how can I remove write permission for Others now? I added ugo. I want rwx permission in all directories under N854431

    – Baktaawar
    Jan 16 at 20:39















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I am not able to change permission on a directory I created on the Unix server.



This is how the structure looks



$ ls
engany N832342 N854431 zabbix
$


Now I want to change the permission in N854431 folder so that I can read, write and execute files there.



Reason being currently when I am trying to scp some file from my local to that folder it gives an error "Permission Denied"



When I do this:



$ ls -l 
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 3 engany engany 4096 Jan 16 08:46 engany
drwxr-xr-x 3 N832342 N832342 4096 Jan 15 05:30 N832342
drwxr-xr-x 5 N854431 N854431 4096 Jan 16 09:25 N854431
drwxr-xr-x 16 zabbix zabbix 4096 Jan 10 22:51 zabbix
$


I want rwx permission for any directory under N854431.



So I did this:



$ chmod -R ugo+rwx /home/N854431
And now I see rwx permission in N854431



$ ls -l
total 44
-rwxrwxrwx 1 N854431 N854431 8980 Apr 20 2016 examples.desktop
-rwxrwxrwx 1 N854431 N854431 24971 Jan 16 10:14 file.py
drwxrwxrwx 4 N854431 N854431 4096 Jan 16 10:08 web_path
$


However now when I try to send a file from my local to a directory under N854431



$ scp file.py N854431@10.6.121.124:/web_path


gives "Permission Denied" error.



When I do just the directory



$ scp file.py N854431@10.6.121.124:


It is able to send file.py under N854431. But it is not sending it to any other directory under N854431.



What is going wrong










share|improve this question



















  • 3





    You probably want ~/web_path, not /web_path

    – jordanm
    Jan 16 at 20:32











  • when i do this: ssh N854431@10.6.121.124 it logs me to /home/N854431/. Thats why it also sends the file.py to this folder as mentioned last

    – Baktaawar
    Jan 16 at 20:33






  • 1





    When you start a path with /, that makes it absolute, not relative to your starting location.

    – jordanm
    Jan 16 at 20:33











  • Isn't N854431@10.6.121.124: before takes u to /home/10.6.121.124?

    – Baktaawar
    Jan 16 at 20:37











  • Do u also know how can I remove write permission for Others now? I added ugo. I want rwx permission in all directories under N854431

    – Baktaawar
    Jan 16 at 20:39













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I am not able to change permission on a directory I created on the Unix server.



This is how the structure looks



$ ls
engany N832342 N854431 zabbix
$


Now I want to change the permission in N854431 folder so that I can read, write and execute files there.



Reason being currently when I am trying to scp some file from my local to that folder it gives an error "Permission Denied"



When I do this:



$ ls -l 
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 3 engany engany 4096 Jan 16 08:46 engany
drwxr-xr-x 3 N832342 N832342 4096 Jan 15 05:30 N832342
drwxr-xr-x 5 N854431 N854431 4096 Jan 16 09:25 N854431
drwxr-xr-x 16 zabbix zabbix 4096 Jan 10 22:51 zabbix
$


I want rwx permission for any directory under N854431.



So I did this:



$ chmod -R ugo+rwx /home/N854431
And now I see rwx permission in N854431



$ ls -l
total 44
-rwxrwxrwx 1 N854431 N854431 8980 Apr 20 2016 examples.desktop
-rwxrwxrwx 1 N854431 N854431 24971 Jan 16 10:14 file.py
drwxrwxrwx 4 N854431 N854431 4096 Jan 16 10:08 web_path
$


However now when I try to send a file from my local to a directory under N854431



$ scp file.py N854431@10.6.121.124:/web_path


gives "Permission Denied" error.



When I do just the directory



$ scp file.py N854431@10.6.121.124:


It is able to send file.py under N854431. But it is not sending it to any other directory under N854431.



What is going wrong










share|improve this question
















I am not able to change permission on a directory I created on the Unix server.



This is how the structure looks



$ ls
engany N832342 N854431 zabbix
$


Now I want to change the permission in N854431 folder so that I can read, write and execute files there.



Reason being currently when I am trying to scp some file from my local to that folder it gives an error "Permission Denied"



When I do this:



$ ls -l 
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 3 engany engany 4096 Jan 16 08:46 engany
drwxr-xr-x 3 N832342 N832342 4096 Jan 15 05:30 N832342
drwxr-xr-x 5 N854431 N854431 4096 Jan 16 09:25 N854431
drwxr-xr-x 16 zabbix zabbix 4096 Jan 10 22:51 zabbix
$


I want rwx permission for any directory under N854431.



So I did this:



$ chmod -R ugo+rwx /home/N854431
And now I see rwx permission in N854431



$ ls -l
total 44
-rwxrwxrwx 1 N854431 N854431 8980 Apr 20 2016 examples.desktop
-rwxrwxrwx 1 N854431 N854431 24971 Jan 16 10:14 file.py
drwxrwxrwx 4 N854431 N854431 4096 Jan 16 10:08 web_path
$


However now when I try to send a file from my local to a directory under N854431



$ scp file.py N854431@10.6.121.124:/web_path


gives "Permission Denied" error.



When I do just the directory



$ scp file.py N854431@10.6.121.124:


It is able to send file.py under N854431. But it is not sending it to any other directory under N854431.



What is going wrong







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  • 3





    You probably want ~/web_path, not /web_path

    – jordanm
    Jan 16 at 20:32











  • when i do this: ssh N854431@10.6.121.124 it logs me to /home/N854431/. Thats why it also sends the file.py to this folder as mentioned last

    – Baktaawar
    Jan 16 at 20:33






  • 1





    When you start a path with /, that makes it absolute, not relative to your starting location.

    – jordanm
    Jan 16 at 20:33











  • Isn't N854431@10.6.121.124: before takes u to /home/10.6.121.124?

    – Baktaawar
    Jan 16 at 20:37











  • Do u also know how can I remove write permission for Others now? I added ugo. I want rwx permission in all directories under N854431

    – Baktaawar
    Jan 16 at 20:39












  • 3





    You probably want ~/web_path, not /web_path

    – jordanm
    Jan 16 at 20:32











  • when i do this: ssh N854431@10.6.121.124 it logs me to /home/N854431/. Thats why it also sends the file.py to this folder as mentioned last

    – Baktaawar
    Jan 16 at 20:33






  • 1





    When you start a path with /, that makes it absolute, not relative to your starting location.

    – jordanm
    Jan 16 at 20:33











  • Isn't N854431@10.6.121.124: before takes u to /home/10.6.121.124?

    – Baktaawar
    Jan 16 at 20:37











  • Do u also know how can I remove write permission for Others now? I added ugo. I want rwx permission in all directories under N854431

    – Baktaawar
    Jan 16 at 20:39







3




3





You probably want ~/web_path, not /web_path

– jordanm
Jan 16 at 20:32





You probably want ~/web_path, not /web_path

– jordanm
Jan 16 at 20:32













when i do this: ssh N854431@10.6.121.124 it logs me to /home/N854431/. Thats why it also sends the file.py to this folder as mentioned last

– Baktaawar
Jan 16 at 20:33





when i do this: ssh N854431@10.6.121.124 it logs me to /home/N854431/. Thats why it also sends the file.py to this folder as mentioned last

– Baktaawar
Jan 16 at 20:33




1




1





When you start a path with /, that makes it absolute, not relative to your starting location.

– jordanm
Jan 16 at 20:33





When you start a path with /, that makes it absolute, not relative to your starting location.

– jordanm
Jan 16 at 20:33













Isn't N854431@10.6.121.124: before takes u to /home/10.6.121.124?

– Baktaawar
Jan 16 at 20:37





Isn't N854431@10.6.121.124: before takes u to /home/10.6.121.124?

– Baktaawar
Jan 16 at 20:37













Do u also know how can I remove write permission for Others now? I added ugo. I want rwx permission in all directories under N854431

– Baktaawar
Jan 16 at 20:39





Do u also know how can I remove write permission for Others now? I added ugo. I want rwx permission in all directories under N854431

– Baktaawar
Jan 16 at 20:39










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