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Chmod / Permission Calculator

Visual Unix permission builder — toggle bits to generate octal and symbolic representations

Permission Builder
ReadWriteExec
OctSymSpecial
Owner
7rwx
Group
5r-x
Other
5r-x
Result

Octal

755

Symbolic

rwxr-xr-x

owner has full access, group can read & execute, others can read & execute

chmod Commands
Octalchmod 755 <file>
Symbolicchmod rwxr-xr-x <file>
Import from Octal

Enter 3 or 4 digit octal to set the checkboxes above

Common Presets
Bit Reference
4 (r)Read
2 (w)Write
1 (x)Execute
4000SetUID — run as file owner
2000SetGID — run as group
1000Sticky — only owner can delete
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