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Show HN: File Permissions Ninja

33 points by arnel 12y ago

Phogo 12y ago
Easy to understand, really like the help walkthough style too. Nice job.
- arnel 12y ago
  Thanks. The walkthrough is made with intro.js Can be found here: https://github.com/usablica/intro.js https://github.com/usablica/intro.js
rikkus 12y ago
Looks lovely. Have you thought about the ugoa/rwx... etc. version of the flags, i.e. partial setting?
- arnel 12y ago
  Yep :) Working on it...
AnkhMorporkian 12y ago
I love it, but it would be nice if it didn't break the back button every time you click on a checkbox.
- arnel 12y ago
  It's the permalink. Every time you click on a checkbox the permalink is change according to the permission, so its easier to copy the permalink. Therefore when you click the back button you're going to the previous state. Do you think its not a good behavior?
  - ajanuary 12y ago
    You can use replaceState to modify the url without adding a new history entries.
    - arnel 12y ago
      Thanks for the comments. I fixed it - and now its work with replaceState. It's won't update until you load it without cache: ctrl+shift+R
  - bvanslyke 12y ago
    When I click "back" I expect to return to a previous webpage. I don't expect to uncheck a checkbox. edit: Actually it doesn't uncheck, it just changes the permalink as if I unchecked. Definitely not the expected behavior. (this is on FF31 Linux)
lazyant 12y ago
Neat. I suggest adding an explanation of what the special bits do (tooltip type of help on clicking the link?), as this is what's not obvious for most people.
piqufoh 12y ago
Looks good, have been wanting something like this for a while. Bookmarked! Also, love the use of .ninja domain - definitely most appropriate usage I've seen to date!
- arnel 12y ago
  I didn't bookmarked it ;) I didn't because i wrote a small command line utility to open the site with the right parameters. You can also use it (instructions for ubuntu): Copy the folowing to file with the name per: #!/bin/bash NC='\e[0m' # No Color green='\e[0;32m' blue='\e[0;34m' if [ "$#" == "0" ]; then echo "Usage: $0 filename" exit 1 fi if [ "$#" != "1" ]; then red='\e[0;31m' echo -e "${red}$# Is illegal number of parameters.${NC}" exit 1 fi usage(){ echo -e '\tper' echo -e '\tOpen http://file-permissions.ninja http://file-permissions.ninja with permission of the file.' exit 1 } if [ "$1" == "help" ] || [ "$1" == "-help" ] || [ "$1" == "-h" ] ; then usage fi mode="`LC_ALL=C LANG=C /bin/ls -ld "$1" | LC_ALL=C LANG=C awk '{ print $1 }'`" || exit $? echo -e "${blue}Opening: ${green}http://file-permissions.ninja/#$mode${NC}" http://file-permissions.ninja/#$mode${NC}" xdg-open 'http://file-permissions.ninja/#'$mode http://file-permissions.ninja/#'$mode &> /dev/null exit 0 # EOF ---------------------------------- Move per to folder within the path. Let's say: sudo mv per /bin Now grant it execute permission: sudo chmod +x /bin/per Now you can use it with: per filename it's supposed to open the site with the permissions of filename.
ajanuary 12y ago
It needs to add numpad keys to it's whitelist. Currently I can't use the numpad in the input boxes.
- claar 12y ago
  Yeah, same problem here. At first I thought he had skipped out on allowing you to type the mask, which is the killer feature of a utility like this. Also, when typing into the binary input, it isn't updating immediately on key-up like the rest of the inputs -- I'm having to hit the arrow keys to get it to update. Nice utility, though!
  - arnel 12y ago
    You two both right :( I don't use numpad keys so i forgot to add them to the whitelist. And yes - there is a small bug with the binary input. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I'll fix these two issues!
phloxicon 12y ago
Very handy. Thanks.
DevUps 12y ago
This is great, thanks! I suggest putting a check all box at the top of each column. That's my 2 cents.
GigabyteCoin 12y ago
I actually stumbled across this on Google just yesterday and found it quite useful.
diaz 12y ago
Great, I'll try to remember this to use it. Now add an advanced mode for easy configuring setfacl :P
Erwin 12y ago
Now please add a full interactive explanation of Posix ACLs.
dkopi 12y ago
This is pretty cool and well done, but I kind of wish there was no need for this to exist. It seems that as the world progresses to higher level language, bit manipulations and binary calculation are the realm of dinosaurs.
probinso 12y ago
doesn't work with number pad
- arnel 12y ago
  it was a small bug but i fixed it. Now it should work with the number pad. To make it work load it without cache: ctrl+shift+R Thanks for the comment!

33 points by arnel 12y ago

Phogo 12y ago

Easy to understand, really like the help walkthough style too. Nice job.

arnel 12y ago
Thanks. The walkthrough is made with intro.js Can be found here: https://github.com/usablica/intro.js https://github.com/usablica/intro.js

rikkus 12y ago

Looks lovely. Have you thought about the ugoa/rwx... etc. version of the flags, i.e. partial setting?

arnel 12y ago
Yep :) Working on it...

AnkhMorporkian 12y ago

I love it, but it would be nice if it didn't break the back button every time you click on a checkbox.

arnel 12y ago
It's the permalink. Every time you click on a checkbox the permalink is change according to the permission, so its easier to copy the permalink. Therefore when you click the back button you're going to the previous state. Do you think its not a good behavior?
- ajanuary 12y ago
  You can use replaceState to modify the url without adding a new history entries.
  - arnel 12y ago
    Thanks for the comments. I fixed it - and now its work with replaceState. It's won't update until you load it without cache: ctrl+shift+R
- bvanslyke 12y ago
  When I click "back" I expect to return to a previous webpage. I don't expect to uncheck a checkbox. edit: Actually it doesn't uncheck, it just changes the permalink as if I unchecked. Definitely not the expected behavior. (this is on FF31 Linux)

lazyant 12y ago

Neat. I suggest adding an explanation of what the special bits do (tooltip type of help on clicking the link?), as this is what's not obvious for most people.

piqufoh 12y ago

Looks good, have been wanting something like this for a while. Bookmarked! Also, love the use of .ninja domain - definitely most appropriate usage I've seen to date!

arnel 12y ago
I didn't bookmarked it ;) I didn't because i wrote a small command line utility to open the site with the right parameters. You can also use it (instructions for ubuntu): Copy the folowing to file with the name per: #!/bin/bash NC='\e[0m' # No Color green='\e[0;32m' blue='\e[0;34m' if [ "$#" == "0" ]; then echo "Usage: $0 filename" exit 1 fi if [ "$#" != "1" ]; then red='\e[0;31m' echo -e "${red}$# Is illegal number of parameters.${NC}" exit 1 fi usage(){ echo -e '\tper' echo -e '\tOpen http://file-permissions.ninja http://file-permissions.ninja with permission of the file.' exit 1 } if [ "$1" == "help" ] || [ "$1" == "-help" ] || [ "$1" == "-h" ] ; then usage fi mode="`LC_ALL=C LANG=C /bin/ls -ld "$1" | LC_ALL=C LANG=C awk '{ print $1 }'`" || exit $? echo -e "${blue}Opening: ${green}http://file-permissions.ninja/#$mode${NC}" http://file-permissions.ninja/#$mode${NC}" xdg-open 'http://file-permissions.ninja/#'$mode http://file-permissions.ninja/#'$mode &> /dev/null exit 0 # EOF ---------------------------------- Move per to folder within the path. Let's say: sudo mv per /bin Now grant it execute permission: sudo chmod +x /bin/per Now you can use it with: per filename it's supposed to open the site with the permissions of filename.

ajanuary 12y ago

It needs to add numpad keys to it's whitelist. Currently I can't use the numpad in the input boxes.

claar 12y ago
Yeah, same problem here. At first I thought he had skipped out on allowing you to type the mask, which is the killer feature of a utility like this. Also, when typing into the binary input, it isn't updating immediately on key-up like the rest of the inputs -- I'm having to hit the arrow keys to get it to update. Nice utility, though!
- arnel 12y ago
  You two both right :( I don't use numpad keys so i forgot to add them to the whitelist. And yes - there is a small bug with the binary input. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I'll fix these two issues!

phloxicon 12y ago

Very handy. Thanks.

DevUps 12y ago

This is great, thanks! I suggest putting a check all box at the top of each column. That's my 2 cents.

GigabyteCoin 12y ago

I actually stumbled across this on Google just yesterday and found it quite useful.

diaz 12y ago

Great, I'll try to remember this to use it. Now add an advanced mode for easy configuring setfacl :P

Erwin 12y ago

Now please add a full interactive explanation of Posix ACLs.

dkopi 12y ago

This is pretty cool and well done, but I kind of wish there was no need for this to exist. It seems that as the world progresses to higher level language, bit manipulations and binary calculation are the realm of dinosaurs.

probinso 12y ago

doesn't work with number pad

arnel 12y ago
it was a small bug but i fixed it. Now it should work with the number pad. To make it work load it without cache: ctrl+shift+R Thanks for the comment!