# Linux and file permissions - newb linux user

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/linux-and-file-permissions-newb-linux-user/167952>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 14, 2009, 12:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/linux-and-file-permissions-newb-linux-user/167952 "2009-05-14T12:14:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/scudco)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 12:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/linux-and-file-permissions-newb-linux-user/167952/1 "2009-05-14T12:14:04Z")

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Hi Ive been googling around but cant get anything concrete on this.

Whenever I create a rails project or use a generate command I have to  
use use the sudo command otherwise ubuntu complains about permissions.  
However when I try to save some changes made to the files generated with  
sudo in my editor (komodo) it complains i dont have permissino because  
only the root has the permission to do so.

Ive read about chmod but im wondering is using it on the whole rails  
project directory a smart thing to allow a user to make changes to  
files?

is there a one off command that i can use after creating the rails  
project that will set this up safely for me?

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**Author:** ![scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/scudco)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 1:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/linux-and-file-permissions-newb-linux-user/167952/2 "2009-05-14T13:47:23Z")

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Are you running it from your home folder (or subfolder) or somewhere  
else?

If you are running it from there which files is it complaining about  
when  
creating a project?

Colin

2009/5/14 Adam A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/scudco)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/linux-and-file-permissions-newb-linux-user/167952/3 "2009-05-14T15:09:10Z")

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i dont know why but when i tried rails testproject without sudo it  
worked fine… need to stop smoking crack guess.

Well now ive worked quite a bit on this sudo project so is there any way  
to unsudo it quickly?

im guessing one way would be to send it to git and then grab it again  
(ive never used git but someone once mentioned this in antoher thread i  
think).

but that means i nee to spend more time learning something new so if  
theres another way im all ears.

many thanks for your reply!

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**Author:** ![scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/scudco)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/linux-and-file-permissions-newb-linux-user/167952/4 "2009-05-14T16:46:36Z")

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Adam A. wrote:

> Well now ive worked quite a bit on this sudo project so is there any way  
> to unsudo it quickly?

cd projectdir  
sudo chown -R adam .

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**Author:** ![scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/scudco)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 12:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/linux-and-file-permissions-newb-linux-user/167952/5 "2009-05-15T00:09:01Z")

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thanks andrew for that.