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Chmod 225

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

Numeric Notation

225

Symbolic Notation

-w--w-r-x

Command

chmod 225 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 225 filename.txt

Changes permissions of a single file

chmod 225 *.txt

Changes permissions of all .txt files

After applying chmod 225, files will display as:

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

For Directories

chmod 225 dirname

Changes permissions of a directory

chmod -R 225 dirname

Recursively changes all files and subdirectories

After applying chmod 225, directories will display as:

d-w--w-r-x dirname

Common Use Cases for Chmod 225

Shared Reading

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

General Purpose

This permission set is useful when you need , write access.

General Purpose

This permission set is useful when you need , write access.

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Understanding Chmod 225

The chmod 225 command sets specific file permissions in Linux and Unix systems. This permission configuration owner can write. group can write. others can read, execute.

In the numeric notation 225, each digit represents the permission level for different user categories. The symbolic representation -w--w-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 225 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.