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Brief Reference of Linux File Permissions - Reference: https://www.pluralsight.com/blog/it-ops/linux-file-permissions
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| Permission Numbers and Meanings | |
| 0 = --- | |
| 1 = --x | |
| 2 = -w- | |
| 3 = -wx | |
| 4 = r- | |
| 5 = r-x | |
| 6 = rw- | |
| 7 = rwx | |
| Perm's are broken into 4 sections, so for the following... drwxr-xr-x ... is split like this... | |
| d rwx r-x r-x | |
| Section 1 | |
| --------- | |
| "d" - indicates a directory. | |
| "-" - indicates a file. | |
| "l" - indicates a link. | |
| Section 2 - (User) | |
| --------- | |
| rwx - read, write, and execute permissions for the OWNER of this file/drectory/link. | |
| Section 3 - (Group) | |
| --------- | |
| r-x - read, write, and execute permissions for the members of the GROUP owning the file/directory/link. | |
| Section 4 - (World) | |
| --------- | |
| r-x - read, write, and execute permissions for other users. |
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