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<emphasis role="strong">w</emphasis> - <emphasis>write</emphasis> permission which grants the ability to modify a file.

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<emphasis role="strong">x</emphasis> - <emphasis>execute</emphasis> permission which grants the ability to execute a file.

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The list above shows the symbolic notation of each permission in <emphasis role="strong">bold</emphasis> text. Each permission also has an octal notation:

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<emphasis role="strong">r</emphasis> - <emphasis>4</emphasis>

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<emphasis role="strong">w</emphasis> - <emphasis>2</emphasis>

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<emphasis role="strong">x</emphasis> - <emphasis>1</emphasis>

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Permissions Example

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To view permissions, type <screen>ls -l ~/</screen> which will output a list of the directories and files in the current user's home directory. For example: <screen>
drwxr-xr-x 2 username usergroup 4096 2009-12-17 11:10 Documents
</screen> The first column, which contains <emphasis role="strong">drwxr-xr-x</emphasis>, can be interpreted as follows:

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File Type

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User Permissions