Issue
I have a file of which I need to change contents, that has these permissions:
-rw-r--r--
How do I find out which permissions group I belong to, so I can do a chmod command?
I just tried to do chmod and I got an error:
$ chmod 777 hosts
chmod: Unable to change file mode on hosts: Operation not permitted
Here is my ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 313 Apr 16 13:04 hosts
Solution
'ls -l' will tell you all you need to know.
Permissions Directories Group Size Date Directory or file
drwx------ 2 users 4096 Nov 2 19:51 mail/
If you have root permission, try a 'sudo chmod 777 hosts'.
Answered By - Daniel Bidulock Answer Checked By - Robin (WPSolving Admin)