Question

Which of the following is default permission set for ordinary files?

(a) rw-rw-rw-

(b) rwxrwxrwx

(c) r–r–r–

(d) rw-rw-rwx

This question was addressed to me by my college director while I was bunking the class.

This key question is from File Ownership and Permissions in section Basic File Attributes of Unix

Answer 1

Right option is (a) rw-rw-rw-

Best explanation: The default permission set for an ordinary file is rw-rw-rw i.e. it is readable and writable by owner, group member and others.