rwxrw-rw- permissions

What does rwxrw-rw- permissions mean?

Here we will explain what each letter in rwxrw-rw- permissions means for your UNIX/Linux file. We start by color-coding the nine characters in rwxrw-rw-, so it is easy to follow along:

rwxrw-rw-

There are three sets of three characters, and each set is assigned as follows:

rwx: Owner Permissions
rw-: Group Permissions
rw-: Everyone Permissions

Furthermore, the letters grant the following permissions:

r = Read
w = Write
x = Execute

Now, when we put it all together, we can see what file permissions your rwxrw-rw- has:

rwx: Owner can read, write and execute
rw-: Group can read and write
rw-: Everyone can read and write

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