On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 07:58:04PM -0500, Mike Werner wrote: > > To cd into a directory, you must heve execute permission for > that directory. I.E. change: > > drw-rw-rw- 6 root audio 4.0k Mar 6 20:58 l/ > > drw-rw-rw- 2 root audio 16k Mar 6 20:34 lost+found/ > > drw-rw-rw- 3 root audio 4.0k Mar 6 20:58 miscmp3/ > > to: > > drwxrwxrwx 6 root audio 4.0k Mar 6 20:58 l/ > > drw-rw-rw- 2 root audio 16k Mar 6 20:34 lost+found/ > > drwxrwxrwx 3 root audio 4.0k Mar 6 20:58 miscmp3/
yeck if you must have world writable directories you really ought to use the sticky bit to keep people from nuking files they don't own. chmod 1777 drwxrwxrwt 3 root audio 4.0k Mar 6 20:58 l/ > Though if you want to enforce the read-only settings that you > mentioned above, change it to: > > drwxr-xr-x 6 root audio 4.0k Mar 6 20:58 l/ > > drw-rw-rw- 2 root audio 16k Mar 6 20:34 lost+found/ > > drwxr-xr-x 3 root audio 4.0k Mar 6 20:58 miscmp3/ lost+found should be mode 755 > This way only root can write into those directories, while everyone > else can browse them but not write to them. > -- > Mike Werner KA8YSD | "Where do you want to go today?" > ICQ# 12934898 | "As far from Redmond as possible!" > '91 GS500E | > Morgantown WV | Only dead fish go with the flow. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Ethan Benson
