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    Chmod Command in Linux (Change File Permissions)

    By RahulJuly 2, 20213 Mins Read

    Linux chmod command is used to change access permissions of files and directories. In this article, you will learn how to change permissions of any file or directory with chmod command. We have already described the Linux file permissions.

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    Syntax:

    chmod [PERMISSIONS] [FILE]...
    

    Role & Permission Types

    To understand file permission you must know about Roles and Permission types. There are three types of roles available in Linux systems (User, Group, and Others). Each role has 3 types of permissions (Read, Write, and Execute).

    Roles:

    • User (Owner)
    • Group (All group members)
    • Other (All other users

    Permissions:

    • Read (r) – Member can read the file content or List files in a directory
    • Write (w) – Member can write content to file or Create, list, rename, delete file in a directory
    • Execute (x) –< Member can execute any file like sheel script or enter to the directory, and access files and directories

    Changing File Permissions in Linux

    The chmod command allows users two ways to set permission on any file. Read below about both options:

    Using Symbolic Notation

    Just for the reminder, the following symbols are used for file permissions. Here roles are User(u), Group(g), Others(o) and the permissions are Read(r), Write(w), Execute(x).

    Roles:

    • u – User
    • g – Group
    • o – Other

    Permissions:

    • r – read permission
    • w – write permission
    • x – execute permission

    You can combine any symbols to set permission together like User+Group (ug), User+Group+Other (ugo), User+Other(uo).

    Similarly, you can do the same with permissions like Read+Write (rw), Read+Execute (rx), Read+Write+Execute (rwx).

    User => Read + Execute

    chmod u+rx filename
    

    User + Group => Read + Execute

    chmod u+rx,g+rx filename
    
    chmod ug+rx filename
    

    User => All, Group => Read + Execute, Other => Read

    chmod u+rwx,g+rx,o+r filename
    

    User => All, Group + Others => Read + Execute

    chmod u+rwx,go+rx filename
    

    All permission to everyone (not recommended)

    chmod ugo+rwx filename
    

    Using Octal Notation:

    Using the octal notation you can set permissions in number between 0-7. Each number is calculated with the sum of read (4), write (2) and execute (1).

    For example, if you set permission 6, it means 4+2 (read + write). If you set permission 5 means 4+1 (read + execute).

    The permissions are set in a sequence user, group, others. For example if you set permission 754, it means user => 7, group => 5 and other => 4.

    Let’s have some examples.

    • Read (r) – 4
    • Write (w) – 2
    • Execute (x) – 1

    Possible combinations as as follows:

    7 - 4+2+1  (rwx)  (Read + Write + Execute)
    6 - 4+2    (rw-)  (Read + Write)
    5 - 4+1    (r-x)  (Read + Execute)
    4 - 4      (r--)  (Read)
    3 - 2+1    (-wx)  (Write + Execute)
    2 - 2      (-w-)  (Write)
    1 - 1      (--x)  (Execute)
    0 - 0      (---)  (None)
    

    Example:

    User => read+write+execute, Group => read+execute, Other => read

    chmod 754 filename
    

    Here:

    • 7 is for user is combined with read-4 + write-2 + execute-1
    • 5 is for group is combined with read-4 + execute-1
    • 4 is for other is read-1 only.

    User => read+write, Group => read+write, Other => read

    chmod 664 filename
    

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