>>> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 1:28 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Edmund R. MacKenty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > So you would use the 'r' bit to allow the directory to be listed but prevent > access to files within it. Or the 'x' bit to make files that can be > accessed > only if you already know their full names. I'm not really sure why you'd > want to do that, but I suppose the 'x' bit had to mean *something* for > directories.
I've seen it used when people wanted to hide the contents of a directory from casual snooping, but wanted commands executed from the directory by other scripts. Frequently the permissions on the executable would be xx1, and not xx5 as well. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
