Re: Directory and file permissions

2010-12-08 Thread shawn wilson
> On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 02:00:21PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > In <201012081217.41820.lisi.re...@gmail.com>, Lisi wrote: > > >My google foo seems to have deserted me completely. Could someone take > > >pity? :-( > > > > > >Is it possible for a directory to have lower permissions tha

Re: Directory and file permissions

2010-12-08 Thread gun_smoke
On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 02:00:21PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <201012081217.41820.lisi.re...@gmail.com>, Lisi wrote: > >My google foo seems to have deserted me completely. Could someone take > >pity? :-( > > > >Is it possible for a directory to have lower permissions than the files

Re: Directory and file permissions

2010-12-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <201012081217.41820.lisi.re...@gmail.com>, Lisi wrote: >My google foo seems to have deserted me completely. Could someone take >pity? :-( > >Is it possible for a directory to have lower permissions than the files it >contains? What is lower? Is 577 lower than 600 or vice-versa? In any case,

Re: Directory and file permissions

2010-12-08 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 07:17:41AM EST, Lisi wrote: > My google foo seems to have deserted me completely. Could someone take > pity? :-( > > Is it possible for a directory to have lower permissions than the files it > contains? And could those who have permissions for the files, but not the >

Re: Directory and file permissions

2010-12-08 Thread Juha Tuuna
On 8.12.2010 14:17, Lisi wrote: > My google foo seems to have deserted me completely. Could someone take > pity? :-( > > Is it possible for a directory to have lower permissions than the files it > contains? And could those who have permissions for the files, but not the > directory, gain acc

Re: Directory and file permissions

2010-12-08 Thread Johan Grönqvist
2010-12-08 13:17, Lisi skrev: My google foo seems to have deserted me completely. Could someone take pity? :-( I will try my best guess: On our webserver-space it is quite common to leave directories without read access, to prevent visitors from obtaining directory listings. The files in t

Directory and file permissions

2010-12-08 Thread Lisi
My google foo seems to have deserted me completely. Could someone take pity? :-( Is it possible for a directory to have lower permissions than the files it contains? And could those who have permissions for the files, but not the directory, gain access to the files? My instinct says no. But