Thread: PRS-650 Flashing the firmware
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Old 09-30-2010, 06:55 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by ShellShock View Post
So:
0700 etc instead of 0755.
1000:232 instead of 0:0.

I haven't been able to find any info on what these numbers mean, why they are different, and whether it matters.

Does anyone know?

Please ignore this if it is gibberish.

Thanks
Those are Unix permissions. 0700 means the directory will be readable only by the owner, not an ordinary user. It probably won't matter as on the Reader all processes run as root, but still, it's better to make permissions match.
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