How To Check Directory Permissions In Linux?

To check directory permissions in Linux, you can use the command ‘ls -l’. This will display the permissions that have been set for each directory. The output will be in the form of 10 characters; the first character is the type of file, and the rest are the permissions. The permissions are broken down into three sets: owner, group, and other. The owner permissions are the first three characters, the group permissions are the next three characters, and the other permissions are the last four characters. For example, if you see ‘drwxrwxr-x’, the first character is ‘d’ which indicates it is a directory, the next three characters ‘rwx’ indicate the owner has read, write, and execute permissions, the next three characters ‘rwx’ indicate the group has read, write, and execute permissions, and the last four characters ‘r-x’ indicate that other users have read and execute permissions, but not write permissions.