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Chmod 4053

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

Numeric Notation

4053

Symbolic Notation

--Sr-x-wx

Command

chmod 4053 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

✓ SETUID bit is set

For Files

chmod 4053 filename.txt

Changes permissions of a single file

chmod 4053 *.txt

Changes permissions of all .txt files

After applying chmod 4053, files will display as:

--Sr-x-wx filename.txt

For Directories

chmod 4053 dirname

Changes permissions of a directory

chmod -R 4053 dirname

Recursively changes all files and subdirectories

After applying chmod 4053, directories will display as:

d--Sr-x-wx dirname

Common Use Cases for Chmod 4053

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 4053

The chmod 4053 command sets specific file permissions in Linux and Unix systems. This permission configuration owner has no permissions. group can read, execute. others can write, execute. setuid bit is set.

In the numeric notation 4053, each digit represents the permission level for different user categories. The symbolic representation --Sr-x-wx 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 4053 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.