How can I change the Read/Write Permissions of /mnt/SDcard folder on Kindle Fire?

Question

I am trying to develop Amazon In-app in android. For this i download the sample code for from this site https://developer.amazon.com/sdk/in-app-purchasing/sample-code/button-clicker.html. This article suggests that we have to put a file amazon.sdktester.json in mnt/sdkcard folder of device. For this i read article from this site https://developer.amazon.com/sdk/fire/connect-adb.html#InstallApp and do the same. But when i tried to push file on sdcard the eclipse gives me following error:

[2012-11-19 13:39:39 - ddms] transfer error: Permission denied

[2012-11-19 13:39:39] Failed to push selection: Permission denied

Is there any way to change the permissions of root folder of Kindle Fire.

Answer 1

Please try to use chmod command in the ADB shell...

Following are some chmod sample:

1. Add single permission to a file/directory

Changing permission to a single set. + symbol means adding permission. For example, do the following to give execute permission for the user irrespective of anything else:

$ chmod u+x filename

2. Add multiple permission to a file/directory

Use comma to separate the multiple permission sets as shown below.

$ chmod u+r,g+x filename

3. Remove permission from a file/directory

Following example removes read and write permission for the user.

$ chmod u-rx filename

4. Change permission for all roles on a file/directory

Following example assigns execute privilege to user, group and others (basically anybody can execute this file).

$ chmod a+x filename

5. Make permission for a file same as another file (using reference)

If you want to change a file permission same as another file, use the reference option as shown below. In this example, file2′s permission will be set exactly same as file1′s permission.

$ chmod --reference=file1 file2

6. Apply the permission to all the files under a directory recursively

Use option -R to change the permission recursively as shown below.

$ chmod -R 755 directory-name/

7. Change execute permission only on the directories (files are not affected)

On a particular directory if you have multiple sub-directories and files, the following command will assign execute permission only to all the sub-directories in the current directory (not the files in the current directory).

$ chmod u+X *