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Chmod 177

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

Numeric Notation

177

Symbolic Notation

--xrwxrwx

Command

chmod 177 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 177 filename.txt

Changes permissions of a single file

chmod 177 *.txt

Changes permissions of all .txt files

After applying chmod 177, files will display as:

--xrwxrwx filename.txt

For Directories

chmod 177 dirname

Changes permissions of a directory

chmod -R 177 dirname

Recursively changes all files and subdirectories

After applying chmod 177, directories will display as:

d--xrwxrwx dirname

Common Use Cases for Chmod 177

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 177

The chmod 177 command sets specific file permissions in Linux and Unix systems. This permission configuration owner can execute. group can read, write, execute. others can read, write, execute.

In the numeric notation 177, each digit represents the permission level for different user categories. The symbolic representation --xrwxrwx 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 177 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.