> On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 02:00:21PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > In <201012081217.41820.lisi.re...@gmail.com>, Lisi wrote: > > >My google foo seems to have deserted me completely. Could someone take > > >pity? :-( > > > > > >Is it possible for a directory to have lower permissions than the files > it > > >contains? > > > > What is lower? Is 577 lower than 600 or vice-versa? > > >
man chmod i thought there's also a 'linux documentation project' howto on this but i can't find it... but iirc, the man page describes everything that has been discussed here thus far. also look at lsattr and chattr in modern linux (2.4 iirc).
