I have changed some files' user permissions through Linux terminal using chmod. I just realized that I was working in a virtual environment throughout. Does this mean that the changes have been reflected only within the environment or outside as well?

Do I have to do it again outside the environment?

Please suggest.

CodePudding user response：

Python virtual environments are not virtual machines or containers, they do not protect the host OS outside of the environments. Activation of an environment just prepends its bin/ to $PATH in the current terminal, nothing fancy.

You can do anything (including chmod) with any file outside of any environment even if an environment is activated.