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Chmod 105

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

Numeric Notation

105

Symbolic Notation

--x---r-x

Command

chmod 105 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 105 filename.txt

Changes permissions of a single file

chmod 105 *.txt

Changes permissions of all .txt files

After applying chmod 105, files will display as:

--x---r-x filename.txt

For Directories

chmod 105 dirname

Changes permissions of a directory

chmod -R 105 dirname

Recursively changes all files and subdirectories

After applying chmod 105, directories will display as:

d--x---r-x dirname

Common Use Cases for Chmod 105

Shared Reading

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

General Purpose

This permission set is useful when you need , and execute access.

General Purpose

This permission set is useful when you need , and execute access.

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Understanding Chmod 105

The chmod 105 command sets specific file permissions in Linux and Unix systems. This permission configuration owner can execute. group has no permissions. others can read, execute.

In the numeric notation 105, each digit represents the permission level for different user categories. The symbolic representation --x---r-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 105 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.