Gnu/coreutils/File-permissions

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27 File permissions

Each file has a set of file mode bits that control the kinds of access that users have to that file. They can be represented either in symbolic form or as an octal number.

Mode Structure    Structure of file mode bits.
Symbolic Modes    Mnemonic representation of file mode bits.
Numeric Modes    File mode bits as octal numbers.
Operator Numeric Modes    ANDing, ORing, and setting modes octally.
Directory Setuid and Setgid    Set-user-ID and set-group-ID on directories.