On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 06:24:33PM +0000, Rick wrote: > sorry for off-topic, but I've been banging my head trying to set up shell > scripts that can be executed but not read by a user. > > Basically, for test.sh : > > #!/usr/bin/bash > echo hullo! > > *** > [rmr@saturn:~]$ chmod 111 test.sh > [rmr@saturn:~]$ ./test.sh > ./test.sh: ./test.sh: Permission denied > The shell reads scripts in order to execute them. Cliff