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Chmod 522

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

Numeric Notation

522

Symbolic Notation

r-x-w--w-

Command

chmod 522 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 522 filename.txt

Changes permissions of a single file

chmod 522 *.txt

Changes permissions of all .txt files

After applying chmod 522, files will display as:

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

For Directories

chmod 522 dirname

Changes permissions of a directory

chmod -R 522 dirname

Recursively changes all files and subdirectories

After applying chmod 522, directories will display as:

dr-x-w--w- dirname

Common Use Cases for Chmod 522

General Purpose

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

General Purpose

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

General Purpose

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

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Understanding Chmod 522

The chmod 522 command sets specific file permissions in Linux and Unix systems. This permission configuration owner can read, execute. group can write. others can write.

In the numeric notation 522, each digit represents the permission level for different user categories. The symbolic representation r-x-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 522 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.