I encourage you to create a file whatever.html and set it 701 and then look at it with a browsing by connecting to your webserver.
http://server.com/~user/whatever.html will be displayed even though it is 701. I've done it many times. Adam On 29 Aug 2002, Mateus Cordeiro Inssa wrote: > Em Qui, 2002-08-29 ās 17:48, Adam Williams escreveu: > > Apache can execute a file without reading it. Don't believe me? Make a > > file 701 and then open it in apache. > > Oh, yes, so can apache bypass the kernel ? I don't think so, unless it > is running as root .... or the file gets owned by the same user apache > runs. > > The "x" bit means the O.S. will try to execute that file. Your > argument it's like to say setting the "x" bit in .doc documents permit > or not its reading. > > The "x" could do something usefull to cgi's, they are really executed > (by execve system call). > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
