Linux Permissions
February 12, 2018•503 words
Understanding the folder and file permissions in Linux can be somewhat tricky for the unintiated.
Permission
Value
r - read
4
w - write
2
x - execute
1
The Permission Groups are:
Group
Description
u
Owner
g
Group
o or a
All Users
The potential Assignment Operators are + (plus) and - (minus); these are used to tell the system whether to add or remove the specific permissions.
The Assignment Operators can be used like so:
Command
Description
chmod o+x file
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