{"id":5551,"date":"2024-10-13T15:08:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T09:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.veeble.org\/kb\/?p=5551"},"modified":"2025-03-11T11:10:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T05:40:29","slug":"what-do-chmod-755-644-and-others-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veeble.com\/kb\/what-do-chmod-755-644-and-others-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What do CHMOD 755, 644, and Others Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While operating with file permissions in Linux, one can see that there exist numbers with chmod command: chmod 755<\/a>, chmod 644<\/a>, etc. The given number is expressed as some settings of permissions regarding files and directories. But that is exactly what? \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linux file permissions control who can read, write, or execute a file.<\/strong>
There are three categories of users for each file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Owner<\/strong><\/td>The person who owns the file.<\/td><\/tr>
Group<\/strong><\/td>Other users who are part of the owner\u2019s group.<\/td><\/tr>
Others<\/strong><\/td>Everyone else.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Permissions are set in three areas\u2014read<\/strong>, write<\/strong>, and execute<\/strong>.
Each permission is represented by a number:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read (r)<\/strong><\/td>4<\/td><\/tr>
Write (w)<\/strong><\/td>2<\/td><\/tr>
Execute (x)<\/strong><\/td>1<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The numbers in the chmod<\/code> command combines these values to define permissions for the owner, group, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Breaking Down 755<\/h3>\n\n\n
\"755<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The number 755<\/strong> in chmod 755<\/code> is divided into three parts, representing permissions for the owner, group, and others:<\/p>\n\n\n\n