Symbolic Notation Numeric Notation English ---------- 0000 no permissions -rwx------ 0700 read, write, & execute only for owner -rwxrwx--- 0770 read, write, & execute for owner and group -rwxrwxrwx 0777 read, write, & execute for owner, group and others ---x--x--x 0111 execute --w--w--w- 0222 write --wx-wx-wx 0333 write & execute -r--r--r-- 0444 read -r-xr-xr-x 0555 read & execute -rw-rw-rw- 0666 read & write -rwxr----- 0740 owner can read, write, & execute; group can only read; others have no permissions