11. Then just do chgrp private _ group private /; chmod o-rwx private /; chmod g + rwx. 12. Then just do chgrp private _ group private /; chmod o-rwx private /; chmod g + rwx. 13. Modes can be changed with chmod ( for traditional Unix permissions ) or with setfacl ( for Access Control Lists ). 14. It is a healthy thing to read, many will assume you know chmod and chown or some equivalent gui trick. 15. The chmod command also accepts a finer-grained symbolic notation, which allows modifying specific modes while leaving other modes untouched. 16. You can give " read " access to all users with sudo chmod a + r / path / to / file. 17. If I sudo Firefox, the sound works fine, so I suspect I need to chown or chmod a file or folder. 18. When we got to chmod , I thought of Tom Lehrer . talk ) 05 : 10, 17 December 2015 ( UTC) 19. :Oh and I also made the script executable with chmod a + x-Contribs 10 : 42, 30 September 2008 ( UTC) 20. Can anyone tell me if it is dangerous to do " chmod a + x " to a file instead of " chmod + x "?