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Chmod 4077

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

Numeric Notation

4077

Symbolic Notation

--Srwxrwx

Command

chmod 4077 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 4077 filename.txt

Changes permissions of a single file

chmod 4077 *.txt

Changes permissions of all .txt files

After applying chmod 4077, files will display as:

--Srwxrwx filename.txt

For Directories

chmod 4077 dirname

Changes permissions of a directory

chmod -R 4077 dirname

Recursively changes all files and subdirectories

After applying chmod 4077, directories will display as:

d--Srwxrwx dirname

Common Use Cases for Chmod 4077

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 4077

The chmod 4077 command sets specific file permissions in Linux and Unix systems. This permission configuration owner has no permissions. group can read, write, execute. others can read, write, execute. setuid bit is set.

In the numeric notation 4077, each digit represents the permission level for different user categories. The symbolic representation --Srwxrwx 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 4077 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.