What are permissions in UNIX?

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What are permissions in UNIX?..

Answer / najib

rwx (Read Write Execute)

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What are permissions in UNIX?..

Answer / shilpa

Read r
Write w
execute x

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What are permissions in UNIX?..

Answer / dilip bhattad

read,write,execute (rwx)
r:read (4)
w:write (2)
x:execute (1)

If we are full permission to the file then value is 7
eg:chmod 777 abc.pdf

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What are permissions in UNIX?..

Answer / vasi

Assigning Permissions to the User, Group & Others.
If it is a directory then d should precede the permissions
Eg.,drwx------

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What are permissions in UNIX?..

Answer / vinayak koli

Above ans are correct; But more infomration please refer
below example as well.

chmod xyz filename

where x,y and z are numbers representing the permissions of
user, group
and others respectively

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