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File Permissions: Difference between revisions

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  Permission Binary Octal
  Permission Binary Octal
  rwx        111    7
  rwx        111    7
  rw-        110    6  
  rw-        110    6  
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  ---        000    0
  ---        000    0


So all you have to do is stick the numbers together for the three groups, some examples would be
So all you have to do is stick the numbers together for the three groups, some examples would be rwxr-xr-x, which is rwx r-x r-x, or 111 101 101, or in octal, 755 which means that to set the permission for rxwr-xr-x, you type:
 
rwxr-xr-x which is rwx r-x r-x or 111 101 101 or in octal, 755 which means that to set the permission for rxwr-xr-x, you type:


  chmod 755 filename
  chmod 755 filename
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