Re: Understanding permissions

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Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:36:36 +0200
> Johannes Held <mail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Maurí­cio <briqueabraque@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> stat("/home/mauricio/public_html", 0x7fffceb2dcb0) = -1 EACCES
>>> (Permission denied)
>> Is your ~ r-x for others?
>>
>>
> 
> actually only x is needed to traverse directories.

and, iirc, if the user in question needs to traverse a higher level
directory for which they do not have the 'x' bit set, they won't be able
to access the lower level directories or any files in them.

-kludge


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