Unix permissions are most easily read when expressed in octal. The basic permissions consist of one octal digit (3 bits) for owner, group and other. The bits in each octal digit stand for: read, write and execute. So a unix file permission of 0321 (leading 0 stands for octal) would read: Here's a page with a fuller presentation and a multitude of tables to help you decode them. It also explains the set user id, set group id and stick-bit permissions.

In your example, the 0777 means that everyone (user, group and other) has all (read, write and execute) permissions. Note, however, that the file permissions will be modified by the current umask when the file is created.

In reply to Re: setting file permissions through sftp by pc88mxer
in thread setting file permissions through sftp by gman

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