How to use special permissions: the setuid, setgid and sticky bits - LinuxConfig.org

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An example of an executable with the setuid permission set is passwd, the utility we can use to change our login password. We can verify that by using the ls command:

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-use-special-permissions-the-setuid-setgid-and-sticky-bits
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Nice article but when mentioning permissions you don’t mention anywhere that 7 stands for full permission and 5 for read and execute permissions

Thanks

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Thank you.
If you notice, in the ‘Requirements’ section of the article is specified “Knowledge of the standard unix/linux permissions system”, so It’s assumed that the basic permissions are already known by the reader.

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EgDoc, great article by the way. I’ve looked around on the internet for the last few hours to learn about the Linux basic permissions and I came across yours on this page. I’m glad I found it and have signed up. Will browse your site further to explore more and learn. Thanks!

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I’m really glad you found the tutorial useful, and thank you for your subscription!

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Very useful and clear article, thank you very much! It helped me to tune the shared folder!