How can I give full permission to folder and subfolder

I'm new to Ubuntu and need to create a new folder in /var and need all users on the machine to have full permissions to this folder.

How should I proceed?

edited Jan 11 '16 at 22:58

Fabby

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Sam

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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! ;-) Do you want to create a folder in /var that has full permission for all users??? There is already one! and it's called tmp!

– Fabby
Jan 11 '16 at 22:49

Thanks for replying , yes that i want to do but please what do you mean by There is already one! and it's called tmp!

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 22:54

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/tmp is a system directory with a temporary filesystem which uses RAM memory. Anything put there will be deleted upon reboot.

– Eduardo Cola
Jan 11 '16 at 23:05

@EduardoCola: it actually uses disk, but yes, it's deleted upon reboot! (You can see this happening when you remove quiet splash from the boot parameters...) ;-)

– Fabby
Jan 11 '16 at 23:12

Isn't /tmp used with tmpfs? Which uses RAM?

– Eduardo Cola
Jan 11 '16 at 23:43

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I'm new to Ubuntu and need to create a new folder in /var and need all users on the machine to have full permissions to this folder.

How should I proceed?

edited Jan 11 '16 at 22:58

Fabby

26.6k1360159

asked Jan 11 '16 at 22:42

Sam

1432211

Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! ;-) Do you want to create a folder in /var that has full permission for all users??? There is already one! and it's called tmp!

– Fabby
Jan 11 '16 at 22:49

Thanks for replying , yes that i want to do but please what do you mean by There is already one! and it's called tmp!

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 22:54

1

/tmp is a system directory with a temporary filesystem which uses RAM memory. Anything put there will be deleted upon reboot.

– Eduardo Cola
Jan 11 '16 at 23:05

@EduardoCola: it actually uses disk, but yes, it's deleted upon reboot! (You can see this happening when you remove quiet splash from the boot parameters...) ;-)

– Fabby
Jan 11 '16 at 23:12

Isn't /tmp used with tmpfs? Which uses RAM?

– Eduardo Cola
Jan 11 '16 at 23:43

add a comment |

I'm new to Ubuntu and need to create a new folder in /var and need all users on the machine to have full permissions to this folder.

How should I proceed?

edited Jan 11 '16 at 22:58

Fabby

26.6k1360159

asked Jan 11 '16 at 22:42

Sam

1432211

I'm new to Ubuntu and need to create a new folder in /var and need all users on the machine to have full permissions to this folder.

How should I proceed?

permissions directory

edited Jan 11 '16 at 22:58

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asked Jan 11 '16 at 22:42

Sam

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edited Jan 11 '16 at 22:58

Fabby

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asked Jan 11 '16 at 22:42

Sam

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edited Jan 11 '16 at 22:58

Fabby

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edited Jan 11 '16 at 22:58

Fabby

26.6k1360159

edited Jan 11 '16 at 22:58

Fabby

26.6k1360159

asked Jan 11 '16 at 22:42

Sam

1432211

asked Jan 11 '16 at 22:42

Sam

1432211

asked Jan 11 '16 at 22:42

Sam

1432211

Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! ;-) Do you want to create a folder in /var that has full permission for all users??? There is already one! and it's called tmp!

– Fabby
Jan 11 '16 at 22:49

Thanks for replying , yes that i want to do but please what do you mean by There is already one! and it's called tmp!

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 22:54

1

/tmp is a system directory with a temporary filesystem which uses RAM memory. Anything put there will be deleted upon reboot.

– Eduardo Cola
Jan 11 '16 at 23:05

@EduardoCola: it actually uses disk, but yes, it's deleted upon reboot! (You can see this happening when you remove quiet splash from the boot parameters...) ;-)

– Fabby
Jan 11 '16 at 23:12

Isn't /tmp used with tmpfs? Which uses RAM?

– Eduardo Cola
Jan 11 '16 at 23:43

add a comment |

Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! ;-) Do you want to create a folder in /var that has full permission for all users??? There is already one! and it's called tmp!

– Fabby
Jan 11 '16 at 22:49

Thanks for replying , yes that i want to do but please what do you mean by There is already one! and it's called tmp!

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 22:54

1

/tmp is a system directory with a temporary filesystem which uses RAM memory. Anything put there will be deleted upon reboot.

– Eduardo Cola
Jan 11 '16 at 23:05

@EduardoCola: it actually uses disk, but yes, it's deleted upon reboot! (You can see this happening when you remove quiet splash from the boot parameters...) ;-)

– Fabby
Jan 11 '16 at 23:12

Isn't /tmp used with tmpfs? Which uses RAM?

– Eduardo Cola
Jan 11 '16 at 23:43

Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! ;-) Do you want to create a folder in /var that has full permission for all users??? There is already one! and it's called tmp!

– Fabby
Jan 11 '16 at 22:49

Thanks for replying , yes that i want to do but please what do you mean by There is already one! and it's called tmp!

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 22:54

/tmp is a system directory with a temporary filesystem which uses RAM memory. Anything put there will be deleted upon reboot.

– Eduardo Cola
Jan 11 '16 at 23:05

@EduardoCola: it actually uses disk, but yes, it's deleted upon reboot! (You can see this happening when you remove quiet splash from the boot parameters...) ;-)

– Fabby
Jan 11 '16 at 23:12

Isn't /tmp used with tmpfs? Which uses RAM?

– Eduardo Cola
Jan 11 '16 at 23:43

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Press Ctrl+Alt+T to go to a terminal and type:

sudo mkdir /var/szDirectoryName

sudo chmod a+rwx /var/szDirectoryName

Where szDirectoryName is the name of the directory you would like, a means "all" (users) + means "add the following rights" and rwx means read, write and execute respectively...

Note: there already is such a directory in /var which all users have access to: tmp (full path: /var/tmp) which itself is symlinked to /tmp

For any further information, here is a great resource on all directories in Linux.

edited Jul 20 '18 at 20:27

answered Jan 11 '16 at 22:56

Fabby

26.6k1360159

but what is that mean after i executed your command i got total 0 when i wrote ls -l /var/nameoffolder?

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 23:04

i know that command ls .. used for listing what is in that folder but -l give me the permissions rigth ?

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 23:08

Your original question has been answered. If you have any further questions, just ask another one! Please also visit the Ask Ubuntu Tour to better understand how this site works, as it is quite different from a forum... A click on ☑ would be appreciated in the mean time... ;-)

– Fabby
Jan 11 '16 at 23:13

sorry , you edited your answer with statement i want to ask about there is already a directory in /var that all users have access to: tmp which is symlinked to /tmp this means that folders that i will created in /var will be deleted liken in /tmp

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 23:21

@user5520049 Apparently I never answered your last question: No they will not be: only tmp is deleted at boot of that OS, not the directories you create beside tmp...

– Fabby
Mar 5 '18 at 20:50

add a comment |

Open Terminal

Create Directory with mkdir:

sudo mkdir /var/DirectoryName

To give all permissions to a folder give chmod -R 777:

sudo chmod -R 777 /var/DirectoryName

answered Jul 10 '17 at 7:58

Pradeep Kumar Prabaharan

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Press Ctrl+Alt+T to go to a terminal and type:

sudo mkdir /var/szDirectoryName

sudo chmod a+rwx /var/szDirectoryName

Where szDirectoryName is the name of the directory you would like, a means "all" (users) + means "add the following rights" and rwx means read, write and execute respectively...

Note: there already is such a directory in /var which all users have access to: tmp (full path: /var/tmp) which itself is symlinked to /tmp

For any further information, here is a great resource on all directories in Linux.

edited Jul 20 '18 at 20:27

answered Jan 11 '16 at 22:56

Fabby

26.6k1360159

but what is that mean after i executed your command i got total 0 when i wrote ls -l /var/nameoffolder?

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 23:04

i know that command ls .. used for listing what is in that folder but -l give me the permissions rigth ?

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 23:08

Your original question has been answered. If you have any further questions, just ask another one! Please also visit the Ask Ubuntu Tour to better understand how this site works, as it is quite different from a forum... A click on ☑ would be appreciated in the mean time... ;-)

– Fabby
Jan 11 '16 at 23:13

sorry , you edited your answer with statement i want to ask about there is already a directory in /var that all users have access to: tmp which is symlinked to /tmp this means that folders that i will created in /var will be deleted liken in /tmp

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 23:21

@user5520049 Apparently I never answered your last question: No they will not be: only tmp is deleted at boot of that OS, not the directories you create beside tmp...

– Fabby
Mar 5 '18 at 20:50

add a comment |

Press Ctrl+Alt+T to go to a terminal and type:

sudo mkdir /var/szDirectoryName

sudo chmod a+rwx /var/szDirectoryName

Where szDirectoryName is the name of the directory you would like, a means "all" (users) + means "add the following rights" and rwx means read, write and execute respectively...

Note: there already is such a directory in /var which all users have access to: tmp (full path: /var/tmp) which itself is symlinked to /tmp

For any further information, here is a great resource on all directories in Linux.

edited Jul 20 '18 at 20:27

answered Jan 11 '16 at 22:56

Fabby

26.6k1360159

but what is that mean after i executed your command i got total 0 when i wrote ls -l /var/nameoffolder?

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 23:04

i know that command ls .. used for listing what is in that folder but -l give me the permissions rigth ?

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 23:08

Your original question has been answered. If you have any further questions, just ask another one! Please also visit the Ask Ubuntu Tour to better understand how this site works, as it is quite different from a forum... A click on ☑ would be appreciated in the mean time... ;-)

– Fabby
Jan 11 '16 at 23:13

sorry , you edited your answer with statement i want to ask about there is already a directory in /var that all users have access to: tmp which is symlinked to /tmp this means that folders that i will created in /var will be deleted liken in /tmp

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 23:21

@user5520049 Apparently I never answered your last question: No they will not be: only tmp is deleted at boot of that OS, not the directories you create beside tmp...

– Fabby
Mar 5 '18 at 20:50

add a comment |

Press Ctrl+Alt+T to go to a terminal and type:

sudo mkdir /var/szDirectoryName

sudo chmod a+rwx /var/szDirectoryName

Where szDirectoryName is the name of the directory you would like, a means "all" (users) + means "add the following rights" and rwx means read, write and execute respectively...

Note: there already is such a directory in /var which all users have access to: tmp (full path: /var/tmp) which itself is symlinked to /tmp

For any further information, here is a great resource on all directories in Linux.

edited Jul 20 '18 at 20:27

answered Jan 11 '16 at 22:56

Fabby

26.6k1360159

Press Ctrl+Alt+T to go to a terminal and type:

sudo mkdir /var/szDirectoryName

sudo chmod a+rwx /var/szDirectoryName

Where szDirectoryName is the name of the directory you would like, a means "all" (users) + means "add the following rights" and rwx means read, write and execute respectively...

Note: there already is such a directory in /var which all users have access to: tmp (full path: /var/tmp) which itself is symlinked to /tmp

For any further information, here is a great resource on all directories in Linux.

edited Jul 20 '18 at 20:27

answered Jan 11 '16 at 22:56

Fabby

26.6k1360159

edited Jul 20 '18 at 20:27

answered Jan 11 '16 at 22:56

Fabby

26.6k1360159

answered Jan 11 '16 at 22:56

Fabby

26.6k1360159

answered Jan 11 '16 at 22:56

Fabby

26.6k1360159

but what is that mean after i executed your command i got total 0 when i wrote ls -l /var/nameoffolder?

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 23:04

i know that command ls .. used for listing what is in that folder but -l give me the permissions rigth ?

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 23:08

Your original question has been answered. If you have any further questions, just ask another one! Please also visit the Ask Ubuntu Tour to better understand how this site works, as it is quite different from a forum... A click on ☑ would be appreciated in the mean time... ;-)

– Fabby
Jan 11 '16 at 23:13

sorry , you edited your answer with statement i want to ask about there is already a directory in /var that all users have access to: tmp which is symlinked to /tmp this means that folders that i will created in /var will be deleted liken in /tmp

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 23:21

@user5520049 Apparently I never answered your last question: No they will not be: only tmp is deleted at boot of that OS, not the directories you create beside tmp...

– Fabby
Mar 5 '18 at 20:50

add a comment |

but what is that mean after i executed your command i got total 0 when i wrote ls -l /var/nameoffolder?

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 23:04

i know that command ls .. used for listing what is in that folder but -l give me the permissions rigth ?

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 23:08

Your original question has been answered. If you have any further questions, just ask another one! Please also visit the Ask Ubuntu Tour to better understand how this site works, as it is quite different from a forum... A click on ☑ would be appreciated in the mean time... ;-)

– Fabby
Jan 11 '16 at 23:13

sorry , you edited your answer with statement i want to ask about there is already a directory in /var that all users have access to: tmp which is symlinked to /tmp this means that folders that i will created in /var will be deleted liken in /tmp

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 23:21

@user5520049 Apparently I never answered your last question: No they will not be: only tmp is deleted at boot of that OS, not the directories you create beside tmp...

– Fabby
Mar 5 '18 at 20:50

but what is that mean after i executed your command i got total 0 when i wrote ls -l /var/nameoffolder?

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 23:04

i know that command ls .. used for listing what is in that folder but -l give me the permissions rigth ?

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 23:08

Your original question has been answered. If you have any further questions, just ask another one! Please also visit the Ask Ubuntu Tour to better understand how this site works, as it is quite different from a forum... A click on ☑ would be appreciated in the mean time... ;-)

– Fabby
Jan 11 '16 at 23:13

sorry , you edited your answer with statement i want to ask about there is already a directory in /var that all users have access to: tmp which is symlinked to /tmp this means that folders that i will created in /var will be deleted liken in /tmp

– Sam
Jan 11 '16 at 23:21

@user5520049 Apparently I never answered your last question: No they will not be: only tmp is deleted at boot of that OS, not the directories you create beside tmp...

– Fabby
Mar 5 '18 at 20:50

add a comment |

Open Terminal

Create Directory with mkdir:

sudo mkdir /var/DirectoryName

To give all permissions to a folder give chmod -R 777:

sudo chmod -R 777 /var/DirectoryName

answered Jul 10 '17 at 7:58

Pradeep Kumar Prabaharan

15316

add a comment |

Open Terminal

Create Directory with mkdir:

sudo mkdir /var/DirectoryName

To give all permissions to a folder give chmod -R 777:

sudo chmod -R 777 /var/DirectoryName

answered Jul 10 '17 at 7:58

Pradeep Kumar Prabaharan

15316

add a comment |

Open Terminal

Create Directory with mkdir:

sudo mkdir /var/DirectoryName

To give all permissions to a folder give chmod -R 777:

sudo chmod -R 777 /var/DirectoryName

answered Jul 10 '17 at 7:58

Pradeep Kumar Prabaharan

15316

Open Terminal

Create Directory with mkdir:

sudo mkdir /var/DirectoryName

To give all permissions to a folder give chmod -R 777:

sudo chmod -R 777 /var/DirectoryName

answered Jul 10 '17 at 7:58

Pradeep Kumar Prabaharan

15316

answered Jul 10 '17 at 7:58

Pradeep Kumar Prabaharan

15316

answered Jul 10 '17 at 7:58

Pradeep Kumar Prabaharan

15316

answered Jul 10 '17 at 7:58

Pradeep Kumar Prabaharan

15316

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