# Take permissions of a folder using sudo on Linux

> Replace with folder name: This too:

- Canonical: https://preview.arshadmehmood.com/today-i-learned/other/take-permissions-of-a-folder-sudo/
- Section: other
- Author: Arshad Mehmood

Replace with folder name:
```
sudo chmod a+rwx /var/log/nginx/
```
This too:
```
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/log/nginx;
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/log/nginx;
```