LINUX: CHMOD File Permission Legend
Since you already have an idea on how to set the permission settings of a file or a directory. Here we give you the legends of the numbers behind the command.
File Permission Numerical Legend:
7 – read, write, execute
6 – read, write
5 – read, execute
4 – read
3 – write, execute
2 – write
1 – execute
0 – none / no permission
Now, there are 3 groups for permissions:
1. Owner
2. Group
3. Public
If you have a Filezilla application, you will notice that when you do a right-click on a file or a folder, you’ll see this:
That is what it translates into.
REMINDER: When you try to change the permission of a file via Filezilla, there are times that it doesn’t take effect, so make sure you execute the file permission via terminal.