CHMOD Calculator

Chmod 661

Chmod 661 (chmod a+rwx,u-x,g-x,o-rw) sets permissions so that, (U)ser / owner can read, can write and can't execute. (G)roup can read, can write and can't execute. (O)thers can't read, can't write and can execute.

Owner Rights (u) Group Rights (g) Others Rights (o)
Read 4 r r −
Write 2 w w −
Execute 1 − − x

Special bits

Setuid 4000 Setgid 2000 Sticky Bit 1000

Extra chmod command options

Output

Modifiers

Octal CHMOD command

$ chmod -R 661 folder_name

Symbolic CHMOD command

$ chmod -R a+rwx,u-x,g-x,o-rw folder_name

Chmod Permissions for chmod 661

Chmod owner

  • Owner can read
  • Owner can write
  • Owner can't execute

Chmod group

  • Group can read
  • Group can write
  • Group can't execute

Chmod other

  • Others can't read
  • Others can't write
  • Others can execute

How chmod 661 looks in file listing

For files

After changing a file's mode to 661, the file appears as:

- rw-rw---x

For folders

After changing a directory's mode to 661, the folder appears as:

d rw-rw---x