1. Open Windows Explorer.
2. Right-click the name of the file or directory.
3. Click Properties.
4. Click the NFS Attributes tab.
5. In the File attributes (mode) box, select or clear the check boxes corresponding to the mode bits you want to set or clear, click Apply, and then click OK. To dismiss the dialog box without making any changes, click Cancel.

Notes

• For information on how to open Windows Explorer, see To open Windows Explorer.
• Only the owner of a file or a user with appropriate privileges can change the mode of a file.

• At a command prompt, type:

  chmod [-fR] mode file ...

Argument	Description
-f	Suppress error messages on files where permissions could not be successfully modified.
-R	Change the modes of the file hierarchies rooted in the files instead of just the files themselves.
mode	The file-mode permissions to apply to the file. For more information on file modes, see chmod(1)
file	The file for which the permissions are to be changed.

Note

• Only the owner of a file or a user with appropriate privileges can change the mode of a file.