Cross posted to IBM-MAIN and MVS-OE FYI only. Long time ago we discussed the expected versus the experienced behaviour when doing an "ls -l" on a directory where you don't have search permission.
Finally, IBM accepted an APAR for this problem: OA01524: Z/OS UNIX V1.4 IS NOT CORRECTLY HANDLING PERMISSION BITS Peter Hunkeler Credit Suisse - Information Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html