Re: [Bug 531265] Re: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic does not correctly handle permissions

2010-03-05 Thread Claudio Moretti
I understand this, but cannot understand what does the read permission on a folder implies. Can you explain this to me? =) (Or give me the posix definition you were reading, which is definitely faster) Thanks! On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 02:26, Andy Whitcroft wrote: > @Claudio -- the execute permissi

[Bug 531265] Re: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic does not correctly handle permissions

2010-03-04 Thread Andy Whitcroft
@Claudio -- the execute permission bit on a directory is the 'traversal' bit, without this bit a user is not permitted to pass through this directory to open a file even if the file is readable. That applied to chdir() and getdents() equally, preventing a cd into the directory. This behaviour seem

[Bug 531265] Re: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic does not correctly handle permissions

2010-03-03 Thread Claudio Moretti
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