On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 13:25 -0300, Patricio Rojo wrote: > Hi, > > I don't know whether this is a bug or it is expected behavior. If > this is a bug I would appreciate someone telling me who to report it > to:D... > > > I recently noticed that strange things happen if you do 'chmod 670' on > a directory that you own, and whose group is set to one you belong. > > - If you try 'ls', then its contents are shown > - If you try 'cd' to it, you get permission denied. > - If you try 'ls -l', you get many interrogation signs (?????) instead > of the properties of the file. > - If the user is changed to someone other than you, but the group > remains the same, then you get full access. > > Since the permissions are set to full access to the group, and I'm > part of that group, shouldn't I get full access to the directory? > Anyways, getting many '????' is very awkward. > > Thank you very much! > > Patricio > >
Hey, It's my understanding that it is a linear check for permission. UID, then GID, then world permissions stopping at a match rather than aggregating the three. This would explain the behaviour. cheers, Owen. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
