Thread: Becoming root (Step by step)
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djs_tx is offline djs_tx
2006-03-21 , 20:35
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#58
Originally Posted by champ
what does the +777 do anyways? i can run flasher but +777 is an invalid mode. i am so frustrated, i just want root!
I might be wrong but I think that is the wrong syntax for the chmod command.

chmod 777 blah sets the permissions on the file blah to everyone can do everything (read, write, execute).

chmod +x adds execute ability to all users.

With chmod there are two different syntaxes for the same effect.

David