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The chmod command is used to change the access permissions and special mode flags of file system objects such as files and directories. It can be specified with octal numbers or letters and can also be used to modify symbolic links.
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It also allows users to set user and group ID bits, set user or group ID on execution, and restricted deletion flag or sticky bit.
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On Unix-like operating systems , a set of flags associated with each file determines who can access that file, and how they can access it. These flags are called file permissions or modes , as in "mode of access." The command name chmod stands for "change mode." It restricts the way a file can be accessed
Linux Chmod Command Help and Examples
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In Unix and Unix-like operating systems , chmod is the command and system call used to change the access permissions and the special mode flags (the setuid , setgid , and sticky flags) of file system objects ( files and directories ).
chmod - Wikipedia
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Chmod is a command line utility that changes the permissions of each given file according to mode, which can be specified with octal numbers or letters. It can also be used to modify symbolic links, which are never used, but for each symbolic link listed on the command line, chmod changes the permissions of the pointed-to file. The chmod command can be used to modify the permissions of symbolic links, and to set user or group IDs on execution.
chmod Man Page with examples and calculator - Linux - SS64.com
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Top is a command line utility that changes the file mode bits of each given file according to a specified MODE. It can be either a symbolic representation of changes to make, or an octal number representing the bit pattern for the new mode bits. It also clears the set-group-ID bit of a regular file if the file's group ID does not match the user's effective group ID or one of the user's supplementary group IDs, unless the user has appropriate privileges.
chmod(1) - Linux manual page
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Chmod is a system call that changes the file mode bits of each given file according to a set of bits. It can be either a symbolic representation of changes to make, or an octal number representing the bit pattern for the new mode bits. It also allows users to set user and group ID bits, set user or group ID on execution, and restricted deletion flag or sticky bit.
chmod(1): change file mode bits - Linux man page
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#include < sys/stat.h > int chmod(const char * path , mode_t mode ); [ OH ] #include <fcntl.h> int fchmodat(int fd , const char * path , mode_t mode , int flag ...
chmod
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Control who can access files, search directories, and run scripts using the Linux’s chmod command. This command modifies Linux file permissions, which look ...
How to Use the chmod Command on Linux
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What is chmod ? chmod is a Unix command that lets you tell the system how much (or little) access it should permit to a file.
Tutorial for chmod
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Pages that refer to this page: chmod(1) , access(2) , chown(2) , execve(2) , fcntl(2) , mkdir(2) , mknod(2) , open(2) , rename(2) , rmdir(2) , stat(2) , ...
chmod(2) - Linux manual page
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