Saturday, November 12, 2011

Chmod commands


The UNIX chmod command is used to change the execution permissions of a UNIX file. The  chmod stands for change mode. The chmod command is based on the permissions and the chmod permissions can be assigned either by number or by a letter value.

Owner
Group
World
Meaning
7
7
7
Read + Write + execute
6
6
6
Write + execute
5
5
5
Read + execute
4
4
4
read only
2
2
2
write only
1
1
1
Execute only


Owner (u)
Group (g)
World(o)
Meaning
rwx
rwx
rwx
Read + Write + execute
rw
rw
rw
Read + Write
rx
rx
rx
Read + execute
wx
wx
wx
Write + execute
r
r
r
Read only
w
w
w
Write Only
x
x
x
Execute only

                 

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