chmod 664 — what rw-rw-r-- means

664 rw-rw-r--

The owner and group can read and write; others can read only.

Note: this grants group or shared write access — fine for team directories, but make sure that is what you intend.

Permission breakdown

When to use 664

Shared files a team edits together — documents or data owned by a group where any member updates them, while the rest of the system reads but can't change.

Set it with chmod

Apply this permission to a file:

chmod 664 filename

Or apply it recursively to a directory and everything inside it:

chmod -R 664 directory/

Other common permissions

Or build any permission with the interactive chmod calculator.