STUPID file permission question
Am I seeing something wrong here? My username is foo and primary group is therefore also foo. I am also in the group bar. I have a directory called anything owned by bar:bar. It's permissions are 770. Why can't I traverse it's tree? Doesn't my being in the bar group allow me with the second 7 to traverse anything's tree? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com
Re: STUPID file permission question
On 12/13/06, stupidmail4me [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. My username is foo and primary group is therefore also foo. I am also in the group bar. Did you logout and login again after adding yourself to the group bar? If not do so. Whats the output of id? I have a directory called anything owned by bar:bar. It's permissions are 770. Why can't I traverse it's tree? Doesn't my being in the bar group allow me with the second 7 to traverse anything's tree? Depends on the permissions of the upper directory. e.g. if the directory is /home/bar/foo_bar and /home/bar is only readable+executable for user bar (read 0700) you are not allowed to enter this directory and so you can't enter any directories below that dir. Andreas. -- Hobbes : Shouldn't we read the instructions? Calvin : Do I look like a sissy?
Re: STUPID file permission question
Told you it was a stupid question. Forgot to logout/login. Thanks. --- Andreas Maus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/13/06, stupidmail4me [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. My username is foo and primary group is therefore also foo. I am also in the group bar. Did you logout and login again after adding yourself to the group bar? If not do so. Whats the output of id? I have a directory called anything owned by bar:bar. It's permissions are 770. Why can't I traverse it's tree? Doesn't my being in the bar group allow me with the second 7 to traverse anything's tree? Depends on the permissions of the upper directory. e.g. if the directory is /home/bar/foo_bar and /home/bar is only readable+executable for user bar (read 0700) you are not allowed to enter this directory and so you can't enter any directories below that dir. Andreas. -- Hobbes : Shouldn't we read the instructions? Calvin : Do I look like a sissy? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com
