[arch-general] Understanding permissions

[slubman]

On 16 avr. 09, at 22:47, slubman wrote:

>
> On 16 avr. 09, at 22:21, ludovic coues wrote:
>
>> I'm pretty sure that +x is not set for everybody in home.
>> Just cause you don't want that anybody can see what folder you have.
>> If you want have have a pokemon subfolder of anime, nobody else need
>> to now this. So, for me, +x have not to be set.
>
> With the +x right on a folder you only give the right to pass  
> through this directory, not to see the content of this directory
>
> $ mkdir foo
> $ touch foo/test1
> $ touch foo/test2
>
> $ ls foo
> test1  test2
>
> $ chmod a-r foo
>
> $ ls foo
> ls: cannot open directory foo: Permission denied
>
> $ echo "Hello" > foo/test1
> $ cat foo/test1
> Hello

I sent the mail before I finished.

$ chmod a-x foo

$ cat foo/test1
cat: foo/test1: Permission denied

$ chmod u+r foo

$ ls foo
ls: cannot access foo/test2: Permission denied
ls: cannot access foo/test1: Permission denied
test1  test2

>
>>
>> But doesn't seem to be the case for my home directory...
>> Hopefully, it's my laptop, not a shared computer.
>>
>
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