Hi, thanks. But if a directory has only 755 rights, (this mean no writing rights, is this only for that directory, or for all subdirectories? Thanks. Teddy Center: http://teddy.fcc.ro/ Mail: orasnita at home.ro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <slingshooter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 6:53 PM Subject: General question about Linux Hi, Teddy. Not onlyare the files in test directory viewable, ubut you have just given everyone on the planet full access to do what they will with them. Don't ever use 777 unless you know what you are doing. Now if you want the files to be totally unevalible to others except one user set it to 700, and only one user has access to them. Now if you want your users to be able to see the files but not delete them, modify them, etc 744 is the way to go. This will set it to read write exicute for the user such as root, but everyone else has read only access. If you need me to explain how parmissions are defined ask, and I'll tell you. It is really important to know how parmissions are defined to keep security up on your system. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
