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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meekah 13 points a month ago

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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Dirk 2 points a month ago

The programs usually run in user context and have access to the files.

Even if thinking very hard I cannot come up with a scenario where a program that does not run in user context needs access to user files.

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renegadespork 1 point a month ago

Usually, but there might be services running as other users that reference those configs. It really just depends on what’s on your system. Obviously you can make 700 work, but it might require tweaking some stuff.

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libewa 2 points a month ago

macOS by default makes /Users/* only readable by the owner, except for $HOME/Public, which is drwxr-xr-x, and $HOME/Public/Postbox, which is drwx-w--w-

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DarkDarkHouse 2 points a month ago

I gotta ask why they put Public in home

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libewa 2 points a month ago

Because it's a user-specific folder that says "This is mine, but you can see it."

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Wfh 15 points a month ago

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

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palordrolap 12 points a month ago

I forgor the tilde and its taking a long time. wat do

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the_strange 12 points a month ago

sudo rm -rf / --no-preserve-root

Start from scratch

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clay_pidgin 2 points a month ago

Tilde is a shortcut to /home/palordrolap

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palordrolap 3 points a month ago

False. It's a shell synonym for /home/ah-ha-ha-nice-try-you-are-not-getting-my-real-homedir-name

... it's a PITA to type out longhand, let me tell you.

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clay_pidgin 2 points a month ago

Ah, I see. I thought that you had forgotten what the tilde does, not that you ran the command without it!

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SaharaMaleikuhm 15 points a month ago

Nope, +x for life

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nibbler 1 point a month ago

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cupcakezealot 13 points a month ago

chmod -R 777 / galaxy brain

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Nyadia 11 points a month ago

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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timbuck2themoon 8 points a month ago

4 read, 2 write, 1 execute.

That's it. Add them up for whatever you want.

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naevaTheRat 3 points a month ago

and digits are sticky, owner, group, all

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undefinedTruth 7 points a 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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BigBrownBeaver 7 points a month ago

chmod -R ug+rwX,o=r *

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anarchy79 2 points a month ago

Such a beautiful language.

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Unpigged 5 points a month ago

I like to chmod it chmod it

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red_bull_of_juarez 5 points a month ago

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

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quarrel4you 2 points a month ago

Careful: chmod -X also looks for any existing exec bits:

$ umask 0
$ >foo >bar
$ ls -al foo bar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 Sep 10 00:00 bar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 Sep 10 00:00 foo
$ chmod o+x foo
$ ls -al foo bar
-rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 0 Sep 10 00:00 bar
-rw-rw-rwx 1 user group 0 Sep 10 00:00 foo
$ chmod u=rwX,g=rX,o=rX foo bar
$ ls -al foo bar
-rw-r--r-- 1 user group 0 Sep 10 00:00 bar
-rwxr-xr-x 1 user group 0 Sep 10 00:00 foo

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red_bull_of_juarez 2 points a month ago

This is exactly what I expect, so I never got tripped up by this. But yes, it's worth pointing out that this will expand the executable flag on files that are already executable and set it on folders too. But not set it on files that aren't executable at all.

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eyesaremosaics 1 point a month ago

Looks like a handy flag

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PerogiBoi 4 points a month ago

Chmod 777 I live erratically without consequence.

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DrunkAnRoot 4 points a month ago

real question is how do you pronounce chmod

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Bakkoda 10 points a month ago

c h mod

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recursivethinking 5 points a month ago

shmod. and then cho-wn (ch'own? cho-un?)

and of course, hweel (jk on this one)

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daniskarma 4 points a month ago

"chemod"

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flandish 4 points a month ago

“change mod”

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fleebleneeble 2 points a month ago

Shmaude

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Magnum 2 points a month ago

The CH from channel and then mod

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AstroLightz 2 points a month ago

"c h m o d"

Just like "l s" and "p a c m a n"

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Tiger_Man_ 1 point a month ago

hmod

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alecsargent 0 points a month ago

I pronounce it chmod, you?

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DrunkAnRoot 3 points a month ago

i say c h then mod

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anarchy79 3 points a month ago

I pronounce it the way it's written.

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Tiger_Man_ 3 points a month ago

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

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Matty_r 2 points a month ago

Dont forgot setfacl

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hazelnot 2 points 21 days ago

Right click -> Properties -> Permissions -> Allow executing file as program 😎

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a_non_monotonic_function 2 points a month ago

Why? I mean not Drake because Drake sucks

My specify every permission every time? That's just going to create arrows.

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vala 1 point a month ago

chmod -R -x *

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