Why is the default file permission 666 in Linux? How is the security

chmod 666  chmod 666 devhdc #just for good measure, not necessary 5 ls -l devhdc # will be mode 666 now 6 udevcontrol reload_rules 7 udevstart Actual results I have created the files and gz and it's defaulted the CHMOD to 766 I have tried to change it to 666, by right clicking the file and

I want to be able CHMOD or CHMOD an entire directory branch, including all files and sub folders Its an APACHE server on a LINUX box  $ su Password: # mkdir mntltfs # chmod 666 mntltfs # mkdir varlibltfs # chmod 666 varlibltfs # chmod 666 devIBMchanger0 # chmod +rx binfusermount

I wanted to ftps some files to Movies but I could not get in, so i sudo chmod 666 for Movies and Music Now the directories are chmod 666 111 ls -l 111 -rw------- 1 ronald ronald 0 Sep 15 08:51 111 sudo chmod 666 111 ls -l 111 -rw------- 1 ronald ronald 0 Sep 15 08