| Name | Meaning | |
| replace | permissions shall replace the file's permission bits with perm | |
| add | permissions shall replace the file's permission bits with
  the bitwise or of perm and the file's current permission bits. | |
| remove | permissions shall replace the file's permission bits with
  the bitwise and of the complement of perm and the file's current permission bits. | |
| nofollow | permissions shall change the permissions of a symbolic link itself
  rather than the permissions of the file the link resolves to. |