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Chmod 422

Owner can read. Group can write. Others can write.

Numeric Notation

422

Symbolic Notation

r---w--w-

Command

chmod 422 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 422 filename.txt

Changes permissions of a single file

chmod 422 *.txt

Changes permissions of all .txt files

After applying chmod 422, files will display as:

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

For Directories

chmod 422 dirname

Changes permissions of a directory

chmod -R 422 dirname

Recursively changes all files and subdirectories

After applying chmod 422, directories will display as:

dr---w--w- dirname

Common Use Cases for Chmod 422

General Purpose

This permission set is useful when you need owner read access.

General Purpose

This permission set is useful when you need owner read access.

General Purpose

This permission set is useful when you need owner read access.

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Understanding Chmod 422

The chmod 422 command sets specific file permissions in Linux and Unix systems. This permission configuration owner can read. group can write. others can write.

In the numeric notation 422, each digit represents the permission level for different user categories. The symbolic representation r---w--w- 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 422 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.