Multiple choice technology operating systems

Which group of letters are the file permissions that apply to a group in the string r--r-xrwx?

  1. r--

  2. r -x

  3. rwx

  4. None
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Unix permission strings like r--r-xrwx are divided into three sets of three characters: first three (r--) for owner (read only), middle three (r-x) for group (read and execute), and last three (rwx) for others (read, write, execute). The group permissions are r-x.

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