what does chmod mean

  • tangerine3

    (@tangerine3)


    15 years ago

    I’m in the process of installing the Yahoo Weather plugin and have completed steps 1. and 2. the last one is this:

    3. Chmod ‘cache’ directory to 777 in /wp-content/plugins/yahoo-weather (/wp-content/plugins/yahoo-weather/cache)

    Does this mean i change the word “cache” to “777”? or just type “777” after the word “cache”? Or something else, thank you.

    http://ww.wp.xz.cn/extend/plugins/yahoo-weather/installation/

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  • s_ha_dum

    (@apljdi)

    15 years ago

    chmod == “change mode”

    The instructions are telling you to change the permissions on that cache directory to 777, which means anyone can read, write, or execute. It is a very dangerous setting. I hope the instructions tell you to change that to something else later on.

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