>>>>> "RL" == Robert Landrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
RL> Under Linux, 'x' does mean execute... from the chmod manpage
RL> The letters `rwxXstugo' select the new permissions for the
RL> affected users: read (r), write (w), execute (or access
RL> for directories) (x), execute only if the file is a direc-
But it is a directory, so it means "access". If you know the file
name, you can access it.
You just need to ensure that you don't need to read the directory
itself, if you don't want "r" permissions.