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

# 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/

sudo chmod -R 777 /path/folder

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

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sudo chmod u+w myfolder

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

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

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

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

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sudo chown -R $USER:www-data .

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### 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 

sudo chmod -R u=rwx

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