Owner: read · Group: read · Others: read
Change any permission with the chmod calculator.
| Who | Digit | Letters | Can |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner (user) | 4 | r-- | read |
| Group | 4 | r-- | read |
| Others | 4 | r-- | read |
Each digit is the sum of read (4), write (2) and execute (1).
Read-only file for everyone.
chmod 444 sets the permissions to r--r--r--: the owner can read, the group can read and others can read.
Read-only file for everyone.
444 is r--r--r-- (shown by ls -l as -r--r--r-- for a file or dr--r--r-- for a folder). The symbolic chmod command is chmod u=r,g=r,o=r file.