Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what the heck is the rationale for 'X' in chmod command?

2018-02-23 Thread Dianne Skoll
On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 02:51:52 -0500 (EST) "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > i can't believe i've never noticed the 'X' (upper case) permission > setting for the chmod command, explained thusly in the man page: > > "The letters rwxXst select file mode bits for the affected

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what the heck is the rationale for 'X' in chmod command?

2018-02-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 23 Feb 2018, Stephen M. Webb wrote: > On 2018-02-23 02:51 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > i can't believe i've never noticed the 'X' (upper case) permission > > setting for the chmod command, explained thusly in the man page: > > > > "The letters rwxXst select file mode bits for the

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what the heck is the rationale for 'X' in chmod command?

2018-02-23 Thread Stephen M. Webb
On 2018-02-23 02:51 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i can't believe i've never noticed the 'X' (upper case) permission > setting for the chmod command, explained thusly in the man page: > > "The letters rwxXst select file mode bits for the affected users: read > (r), write (w), execute (or