Chmod File and Folder Permission - Oprekin

chmod 777 To apply chmod 777 recursively to a folder and all its contents, you can use the -R. You 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

ace777, Setting 777 permissions (chmod 777) to a file or directory means that it will be readable, writable and executable by all users and may pose.