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The chmod can use '''symbols''' to ''add'', ''remove'', and ''set'' <span style="font-family:courier;font-weight:bold;">rwx</span> permissions for the '''user''',<br>'''same group members''', and/or o'''ther group members''' for a directory or reqular file.
[[Image:symbolic-chart.png|thumb|rightleft|250px|Examples of adding, removing and setting permissions using the '''chmod''' command with the '''Symbolic''' method.]]
'''<span style="font-style:italic">Octal (Absolute) Method:</span>'''
Since 1 octal digit represents 3 binary digits, one octal digit can represent the <span style="font-family:courier;font-weight:bold;">rwx</span> permission granted or NOT granted. The permissions '''rwx''' are be in the form of 3 binary digits (1 represents the permission granted and 0 represents the permission NOT granted).
[[Image:absolute-chart.png|thumb|rightleft|250px|Examples of adding, removing and setting permissions using the '''chmod''' command with the '''Absolute / Octal''' method.]]
'''NOTE:''' You can use the '''-R''' option to set permissions for directory, subdirectory and directory contents '''recursively'''.