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Chmod 075

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

Numeric Notation

075

Symbolic Notation

---rwxr-x

Command

chmod 075 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 075 filename.txt

Changes permissions of a single file

chmod 075 *.txt

Changes permissions of all .txt files

After applying chmod 075, files will display as:

---rwxr-x filename.txt

For Directories

chmod 075 dirname

Changes permissions of a directory

chmod -R 075 dirname

Recursively changes all files and subdirectories

After applying chmod 075, directories will display as:

d---rwxr-x dirname

Common Use Cases for Chmod 075

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 075

The chmod 075 command sets specific file permissions in Linux and Unix systems. This permission configuration owner has no permissions. group can read, write, execute. others can read, execute.

In the numeric notation 075, each digit represents the permission level for different user categories. The symbolic representation ---rwxr-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 075 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.