Rob Benton wrote: > I ran into this at the office today. There's a directory with this > ownership and permissions > > drwxr-xrwx oracle dba 4.0K log/ > > I'm part of the dba group yet I can't create a file inside that > directory. Only if I add write permissions for the group can I create > a file inside that directory. > > That seems really messed up to me. By the way this is on a RHEL3 > machine if that makes any difference. > > Group permissions trump World permissions.
> The permissions that pertain to you for any file either owned by you > or not - are the ones > that is the highest in order that you qualify for. > The order is: > > 1. Owner > 2. Group > 3. World. > http://www.me.mtu.edu/help/computing/who_knows/unix/chmod.html -- Kent West Technology Support /A/bilene /C/hristian /U/niversity -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
