Scribbling feverishly on May 23, bof managed to emit:
[...]
> But when I changed the directory permissions to -w--w--w-, I could not
> add a new file or delete any of the existing files, getting a
> "permission denied" message. This is not as I understand it: I should be
> able to do this.
>
> Could anyone explain why?
You can't write to a file to which you don't have access, which, for
a directory, means the execute bit must be set.
Kurt
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