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linux give permission to folder

sudo chmod -R a+rwx /path/to/folder

linux give full permission to directory

# Change permissions for the root file/dir only
chmod 777 path/to/directory/
# Or
chmod 777 path/to/file
# Change permission for root dir and all files/dirs within
chmod -R 777 path/to/directory/

how to give all permission to a directory in linux

sudo chmod -R ugo+rwx /path/to/folder

// @Zenonymous

how to give permission to a user in linux on a folder

sudo chmod u+w myfolder

assigning permissions to folder and files in linux

sudo find /folder/path/public_html -type f -exec chmod 644 {} ;
sudo find /folder/path/public_html -type d -exec chmod 755 {} ;

sudo find . -type f -exec chmod 664 {} ;   
sudo find . -type d -exec chmod 775 {} ;

sudo chown -R $USER:www-data .

### Assign permission to web users for writting folder
sudo chgrp -R www-data storage/framework storage/logs bootstrap/cache 
sudo chmod -R ug+rwx storage/framework storage/logs bootstrap/cache