How to use chmod in Linux.

chmod u+ = assign user permissions

chmod g+ = assign group permissions

chmod a+ = assign all permissions

Some examples:

Command:

chmod u+wrx testfile.txt

Result:

-rwx------  1 root root 0 Feb  5 16:53 testfile.txt

Command:

chmod g+wrx testfile.txt

Result:

----rwx---  1 root root 0 Feb  5 16:53 testfile.txt

Command:

chmod a+wrx testfile.txt

Result:

-rwxrwxrwx  1 root root 0 Feb  5 16:53 testfile.txt

Tags: Filesystem , Linux

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