Directories need x permissions in order to be traversed. That's the difference.
--Mike H On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 11:08 -0700, Néstor wrote: > People, > > I have a directory /home/vlieu set to 754 permission and inside that > directory I have a > file with permission of 744. > drwxr-xr-- 4 vlieu www 4096 Jun 8 10:19 /home/vlieu > -rwxr--r-- 1 vlieu vlieu 1023 Jun 8 10:19 /home/vlieu/bid.csv > > > When accessing the bid.csv file using a php program the function > is_readable() > fails. I guess because the apache server runs the php file as user > 'nobody'. > > If I make the directory 755 (drwxr-xr-x) user nobody can read the > bid.csv file but if I make > the permissions 754 (drwxr-xr--) user nobody can not read the file. > WHY? > In a 754 permission all users still have read permissions...what am I > missing? > > Thanks, > > Nestor > > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php _______________________________________________ New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
