On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 12:50:49PM -0600, Dave Moore wrote: > chmod 711 dir > sets permissions: drwx--x--x > > But for directories the x doesn't mean executable, it means > searchable. ... > > Or am I missing something? You're missing what "searchable" means. It means you can cd into the directory and you can access files within the directory *if* you know their exact name (and have appropriate perms on those files) but you *cannot* list the directory's contents. Thus if slocate allows you to list the contents of such a directory just by specifying the name of the directory, or a single character of a file within the directory, it is laxer security than the directory permissions allow. Not the world's most pressing security problem, but a problem nonetheless. Ben
