Re: file permissions ... what am I missing ?
On Sat, 2003-04-26 at 15:59, Dave Selby wrote:
> ...mmm... thought I understood file permissions but I dont get this ....
[...snip...]
> OK what am I missing, I want to get to my debian directory, I have read
> permissions but no go ?
You also need execute permissions to a directory to be able to browse
it... read gives permission to open files *within* the directory, while
execute allows you to go into it.
>
> I know this is going to be simple .... but ....
>
> Dave
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