> On Feb 28, 2012, Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, that's why I should have asked for "chmod 000 a/b", not "chmod 000 a" :-(
I can do that too:
$ mkdir a a/b
$ chmod 000 a/b
$ find a -type d ! -perm -700
a/b
find: a/b: Permission denied
$ echo exit status: $?
exit status: 1
$ find a -type d ! -perm -700 -exec chmod u+rwx '{}' \;
$ echo exit status: $?
exit status: 0
$ ls -l a
total 0
drwx------ 2 nibbles staff 68 Feb 28 13:25 b
That is funky.
