Re: Directory and file permissions

2010-12-08 Thread shawn wilson
> 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 tha

Re: Directory and file permissions

2010-12-08 Thread gun_smoke
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

Re: Directory and file permissions

2010-12-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
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? In any case,

Re: Directory and file permissions

2010-12-08 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 07:17:41AM EST, 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? And could those who have permissions for the files, but not the >

Re: Directory and file permissions

2010-12-08 Thread Juha Tuuna
On 8.12.2010 14:17, 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? And could those who have permissions for the files, but not the > directory, gain acc

Re: Directory and file permissions

2010-12-08 Thread Johan Grönqvist
2010-12-08 13:17, Lisi skrev: My google foo seems to have deserted me completely. Could someone take pity? :-( I will try my best guess: On our webserver-space it is quite common to leave directories without read access, to prevent visitors from obtaining directory listings. The files in t