How to find world writable files in linux

Simple command to find world writable files in linux



If you are an administrator and have users on your server, keeping files with limited permissions should be a priority.

To seek out all world-writable files on your machine, execute simple command
# find / -perm -2 ! -type l -ls

or

# find / -perm -2 ! -type l -ls  > /tmp/world-writable.txt