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Chmod 2027

Owner has no permissions. Group can write. Others can read, write, execute. SETGID bit is set.

Numeric Notation

2027

Symbolic Notation

----wSrwx

Command

chmod 2027 file

Permission Breakdown

Detailed view of permissions for each user category

Owner

✗ Read✗ Write✗ Execute

Group

✗ Read✓ Write✗ Execute

Others

✓ Read✓ Write✓ Execute

Special Permissions

✓ SETGID bit is set

For Files

chmod 2027 filename.txt

Changes permissions of a single file

chmod 2027 *.txt

Changes permissions of all .txt files

After applying chmod 2027, files will display as:

----wSrwx filename.txt

For Directories

chmod 2027 dirname

Changes permissions of a directory

chmod -R 2027 dirname

Recursively changes all files and subdirectories

After applying chmod 2027, directories will display as:

d----wSrwx dirname

Common Use Cases for Chmod 2027

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 2027

The chmod 2027 command sets specific file permissions in Linux and Unix systems. This permission configuration owner has no permissions. group can write. others can read, write, execute. setgid bit is set.

In the numeric notation 2027, each digit represents the permission level for different user categories. The symbolic representation ----wSrwx 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 2027 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.