On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 05:19:40PM -0800, Bryan Whitehead wrote: > No, if /home itself does not have the +x bits on, he will need to change > the permission of /home. > > as root: > > chmod 755 /home > > If /home is 700 (I previously mistyped 600) and owned by root, then the > permissions for /home/borisych won't matter. He can't get to "borisych" > if "home" won't allow him execute permission as a regular user.
This is true: However, in this situation (700) root could still access
and change to the directory. If the directory mode is 600, strange
things happen.
> Since he keeps greping the output of the commands he's using it is hard
> to diagnose.... This might not be the problem at all... ;)
Reminds me of the good old "My computer doesn't work!". Ooookay... how
about telling me something that will contribute towards a solution? :)
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