====== Permissions ======
[[http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Permissions.html|Read this first]].


===== Securing a directory =====
You're here because you heard that this would a good idea. There are going to be many ways to ensure a directory is 'secure', but that will depend on your requirements.

I will assume that you are the only person that will need access to said directory. I also will not try to explain unix permissions to you. If you want to know more I suggest you read the link at the top of this page. Follow along below to create a directory that only you will be able to access.

Given a directory ''%%foo%%'' we can do the following:
<code>
chown $USER:$USER foo
</code>
$USER will translate to your username, but we recommend you actually type out your username.
This will set the user and the group to $USER.


Now make sure that only the user field can has access to the directory.
<code>
chmod 700 foo
</code>


==== I have a directory structure full of files and I want to ensure no one else can read them ====
I got your back.

<code>
chmod -R go-rwx foo

  -R: recursive. 
  g: select group permission
  o: select other permission
  -: remove
  r: read permission
  w: write permission
  x: execute permission 
</code>
We are asking ''%%chmod%%'' to remove read, write, and execute permissions on the group and other permission fields.