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Chmod 071

Owner has no permissions. Group can read, write, execute. Others can execute.

Numeric Notation

071

Symbolic Notation

---rwx--x

Command

chmod 071 file

Permission Breakdown

Detailed view of permissions for each user category

Owner

✗ Read✗ Write✗ Execute

Group

✓ Read✓ Write✓ Execute

Others

✗ Read✗ Write✓ Execute

For Files

chmod 071 filename.txt

Changes permissions of a single file

chmod 071 *.txt

Changes permissions of all .txt files

After applying chmod 071, files will display as:

---rwx--x filename.txt

For Directories

chmod 071 dirname

Changes permissions of a directory

chmod -R 071 dirname

Recursively changes all files and subdirectories

After applying chmod 071, directories will display as:

d---rwx--x dirname

Common Use Cases for Chmod 071

Shared Reading

Files that need to be readable by multiple users or groups.

General Purpose

This permission set is useful when you need access.

General Purpose

This permission set is useful when you need access.

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Understanding Chmod 071

The chmod 071 command sets specific file permissions in Linux and Unix systems. This permission configuration owner has no permissions. group can read, write, execute. others can execute.

In the numeric notation 071, each digit represents the permission level for different user categories. The symbolic representation ---rwx--x provides a visual way to understand these permissions, where 'r' means read, 'w' means write, 'x' means execute, and '-' means no permission.

When you execute chmod 071 filename, you're modifying the file's access control list to match this specific permission pattern. This is essential for maintaining proper security and access control in multi-user environments.