Exam XK0-004 topic 1 question 26 discussion

Actual exam question from CompTIA's XK0-004

Question #: 26
Topic #: 1

A Linux administrator needs to set permissions on an application with the following parameters:
✑ The owner of the application should be able to read, write, and execute the application.
✑ Members of the group should be able to read and execute the application.
✑ Everyone else should not have access to the application.
Which of the following commands would BEST accomplish these tasks?

A. chmod 710 <application name>
B. chmod 730 <application name>
C. chmod 750 <application name>
D. chmod 760 <application name>

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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️

by lupinart at March 29, 2020, 2:27 a.m.

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lupinart

Highly Voted 5 years, 1 month ago

The answer should be C

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jeffnoble14

Highly Voted 4 years, 11 months ago

Read = 4, Write = 2, Execute = 1. Order of permissions is Owner, Group, Public(everyone else), so the answer is that the OWNER gets all permissions, so 4+2+1=7. The GROUP gets READ and EXECUTE, so 4+1=5. Everybody else gets NADA, so 0. The answer is 750.

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betty_boop

4 years, 5 months ago

I agree

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xeun88

Most Recent 2 years, 8 months ago

ANS: C

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sukhbinder

3 years, 4 months ago

Selected Answer: C

Hell Yeah..

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R0b0t

3 years, 7 months ago

750 OWNER GROUP Everyone else 7 = rwx 5 = r-x 0 = ---

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GUIboi

4 years, 4 months ago

✑ The owner of the application should be able to read, write, and execute the application. (7) [ 1 1 1 ] ✑ Members of the group should be able to read and execute the application.(5) [ 1 0 1 ] ✑ Everyone else should not have access to the application. (0) [ 0 0 0 ] C. chmod 750

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Leona001

5 years ago

Agreed, its chmod 750. 760 does not allow execute

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Leona001

5 years ago

for group. Forgot to add these last two words.

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