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Set permissions using symbolic method

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Set permissions using symbolic method

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- [Instructor] There are two different methods of setting permissions in Linux; numeric and symbolic mode. Let's talk about symbolic mode. We have three positions in Linux permissions; user owner, group owner, and other. We can set read, write, and execute permissions on files and directories. In symbolic mode, we assign a value to each position using symbolic representation of the desired permissions. To set read, write, and execute for the user owner, we just specify u equals rwx. To set read and execute for the group owner, we'd use g equals rx. To set permission to nothing for other, just do o equals with nothing after it. To set permission for multiple positions at one time, just separate them with a comma. For instance, u equals rwx comma g equals rx comma o equals. With symbolic method, we can also add permissions by changing the equal sign to a plus. To add rwx for the user, we would use u plus rwx. To subtract…

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