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Asked: 2013-08-15 01:18:32 +0800 CST

How can I check the folder permissions in ubuntu server 12.04?

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Right now, I know that I can change permissions for example with:

sudo chmod 550 directory

I wonder how I can check the actual folder permission.

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  1. Best Answer

    You can use the following command:

    ls -l directory

    or

    stat directory

    or, if you want to see only the permissions in numeric (octal) format: 

    stat -c %a directory
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  2. "Destination folder is not writable or does not exists."

    on Magento 2.3.1 admin on NGINX Ubuntu 16.04 | AWS Ec2

    Solution I Found 

    cd /var/www/html/pub/media

    sudo find . -type d -exec chmod 777 {} \;

    add media folder to permissions

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