Multiple choice technology operating systems

default permissions of a file is 655

  1. True

  2. False
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The default permission for a regular file in Unix/Linux is 644 (rw-r--r--), not 655. The 644 setting means owner has read/write, group and others have read-only. The umask typically defaults to 022, which subtracts from 666 to yield 644.

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