Removing file permissions

To remove certain permissions from a file, use this command:

    % chmod who-value file...

where who specifies from which type of user these permissions are to be removed:

and value says which permissions to remove:

For example:

To remove world write permission for file foo:
```
        % chmod o-w foo
```
To remove group and world read and write permissions from file bar:
```
        % chmod go-rw bar
```

Next: Limiting file access to specific people
See also: Changing file permissions
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