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What does this PR do?

Adds documentation notes to clarify that Salt's file module only supports numeric mode specifications (like 644) and does not support symbolic modes (like u+rw) that are commonly used with chmod.

What issues does this PR fix or reference?

Fixes #64624

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[BUG] Documentation is missing information on lack of support for symbolic file modes
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