How to change directory permissions in Linux with chmod

chmod 777chmod -R 777 store. The -R (or --recursive) options make it recursive. Or if you want to make all the files in the current directory have all permissions type: chmod -RYou almost never need 777 permissions on any type of file, and you absolutely never need 777 on a non-executable file. – skiphoppy Commented Apr 4, 2012 at 10:51