On Thu, 2011-10-27 at 14:41 -0600, Larry Martell wrote: > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Tedd Sperling <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi gang: > > > > Another question -- in the context of file permissions (rwx) is the execute permission limited to shell commands -- Or -- is there more? > > Not sure I fully understand your question, but to execute anything > directly - shell script, python script, perl script, binary program - > you need the x bit set. I say directly because you could do: 'perl > script' without script being executable (because in that case it's an > argument to the perl executable). > > > HTH, > -larry > Yes, I just ran a quick test PHP script without any execute permissions set at all, only rw-rw-r-- and it ran just fine, suggesting it is just an argument as Larry said. I don't think Apache needs execute permissions set on PHP files or pages either, only read rights. -- Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
