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Linux File Permissions And Chmod Patterns Practice Exam

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Sample Questions

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What does rwxr-xr-- mean?

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Owner: rwx (7).
Group: r-x (5).
Other: r-- (4).
Octal: 754.

Convert 644 to symbolic.

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rw-r--r-- — owner read+write, group read, others read.

Convert 755 to symbolic.

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rwxr-xr-x — typical for executables and directories.

Convert 600 to symbolic.

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rw------- — typical for private files like ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.

Convert 700 to symbolic.

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rwx------ — typical for ~/.ssh directory.

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