Specifications

Administration Guide
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execute).!The!final!cluster!of!three!characters!(r--)!indicates!that!all!other!users!have!
permission!to!read!the!file!but!not!to!write!to!it!or!execute!it.
Change!permissions!for!a!file!using!the!chmod!command,!shown!in!Table 5‐4.!One!way!
to!specify!permissions!is!by!using!a
!numerical!shorthand:
! Read!=!4
! Write!=!2
! Execute!=!1
Specify!combinations!of!these!permissions!by!adding!the!numbers!for!the!permissions!
you!want!to!set.!For!example,!read!and!execute!is!5.!Read,!write,!and!execute!is!7.
Permissions!are!specified!in!the!same!order!as!they!are!shown!in!the!directory!listing—!
owner,!group,!all!other!users.
You!can!also!add!or!delete!permissions!by!specifying!them!by!the!symbols!displayed!in!
the!long!directory!listings!discussed!previously:
! Read!=!r
! Write!=!w
! Execute!=!x
Identify!the!set!of!permissions!you!want!to!modify!by!their!symbol:
! User!=!u
! Group!=!g
! Other!=!o
! All!=!a
Table 5‐4!lists!permissions!and!commands.