Home/chmod 166

Chmod 166

Owner can execute. Group can read, write. Others can read, write.

Numeric Notation

166

Symbolic Notation

--xrw-rw-

Command

chmod 166 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 166 filename.txt

Changes permissions of a single file

chmod 166 *.txt

Changes permissions of all .txt files

After applying chmod 166, files will display as:

--xrw-rw- filename.txt

For Directories

chmod 166 dirname

Changes permissions of a directory

chmod -R 166 dirname

Recursively changes all files and subdirectories

After applying chmod 166, directories will display as:

d--xrw-rw- dirname

Common Use Cases for Chmod 166

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.

Related Chmod Codes

Explore similar permission configurations

Try the Interactive Calculator

Experiment with different permission combinations

Understanding Chmod 166

The chmod 166 command sets specific file permissions in Linux and Unix systems. This permission configuration owner can execute. group can read, write. others can read, write.

In the numeric notation 166, each digit represents the permission level for different user categories. The symbolic representation --xrw-rw- 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 166 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.