Thanks for the clarification. It worked perfect.
drwx-----x 12 rlandrum rlandrum 4096 Feb 6 14:05 rlandrum
drwxr-xr-x 3 rlandrum devel 4096 Jan 30 14:14 rlandrum/public_html
Rob
>execute (or access
> for directories) (x)
>
>> drwx-----x 3 rlandrum devel 4096 Jan 30 14:14 public_html
>> (701, Forbidden)
>
>that's not what I meant, I should have been more clear.
>
>755 on public_html
>701 on ~user
>
>so ~user is still "hidden" from general eyes
>but ~user/public_html is ACCESSIBLE (x) thru ~user, and public_html is
>READABLE/ACCESSIBLE (r-x) to nobody.
Robert L. Landrum
Senior Programmer
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