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Unix Tools for Linux Developers: Chmod and DNS Lookup

Two essential Linux and networking utilities — a visual permission calculator and a multi-record DNS checker.

Wednesday, June 3, 20261 min read11 views

Unix and Networking Tools

Chmod Calculator

The Chmod Calculator lets you click to toggle read, write and execute permissions for owner, group and other. The octal code (755, 644 etc.) updates instantly along with the symbolic notation (rwxr-xr-x) and the exact chmod command to run.

Eight presets cover the most common permission patterns:

Code Use Case
755 Executable scripts
644 Regular files
600 Private SSH keys
700 Private scripts
777 World-writable (⚠️ avoid in production)

The binary grid shows the bit-level representation of each permission set — useful for teaching or understanding exactly why chmod 4+6+1=7 means full access.

DNS Lookup

The DNS Lookup queries Cloudflare's public DNS for A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, CNAME and SOA records for any domain. Select which record types to query, enter a domain and see all results with TTL values in under a second.

Useful for verifying DNS propagation after a domain migration, checking SPF and DMARC TXT records for email deliverability, and confirming that NS records point to the right nameservers.