how can i give acl permission in numerical mode on linux

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how can i give acl permission in numerical mode on linux..

Answer / pramod kumar mohapatra

setfacl -m u:username:7 filename //{it means i have given rwx}

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how can i give acl permission in numerical mode on linux..

Answer / mahireddy

setfacl -u 666 its for full permistion
setfacl -u 646 its for others have full permestion

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how can i give acl permission in numerical mode on linux..

Answer / susheel

[root@susheel ~]# useradd susheel
[root@susheel ~]# mkdir ballia
[root@susheel ~]# setfacl -m u:susheel:7 ballia/
[root@susheel ~]# getfacl ballia/
# file: ballia
# owner: root
# group: root
user::rwx
user:susheel:rwx
group::r-x
mask::rwx
other::r-x

Note: here 7 means rwx for susheel

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how can i give acl permission in numerical mode on linux..

Answer / sandeep badsra

By using chmod command
for example chmod 777 <file name>
its for full permissionof the file


read =4
write =2
execute=1

user group other
7 7 7
4+2+1 4+2+1 4+2+1

r+w+e r+w+e r+w+e



other example


we give permission to user to full and give group and other
to only read and execute than


chmod 755 <file name>

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