Re: file permissions ... what am I missing ?
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Hi Dave,
Am Samstag, 26. April 2003 16:59 schrieb Dave Selby:
> ...mmm... thought I understood file permissions but I dont get this ....
>
> web@debian:~$ cd /mnt/archive/
> web@debian:/mnt/archive$ ls -al
> total 52
> drwxrwxrwx 10 root root 4096 Feb 8 23:55 .
> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Apr 2 19:37 ..
> drw-r--r-- 2 root root 4096 Apr 26 10:50 autoarchive
> drw-r--r-- 17 root root 4096 Apr 15 18:57 debian
> drw-r--r-- 6 root root 4096 Jan 14 07:28 fluxbox
> drw-r--r-- 2 root root 16384 Jan 14 07:13 lost+found
> drw-r--r-- 8 root root 4096 Mar 13 10:09 misc
> drwxrwxrwx 5 root root 4096 Feb 12 18:21 music
> drw-r--r-- 3 root root 4096 Feb 21 14:29 wallpaper
> drw-r--r-- 3 root root 4096 Apr 5 11:10 wget
> web@debian:/mnt/archive$ cd debian/
> bash: cd: debian/: Permission denied
> web@debian:/mnt/archive$
>
> ...mmm...su to root
>
> web@debian:/mnt/archive$ su
> Password:
> debian:/mnt/archive# ls
> autoarchive debian fluxbox lost+found misc music wallpaper wget
> debian:/mnt/archive# ls -al
> total 52
> drwxrwxrwx 10 root root 4096 Feb 8 23:55 .
> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Apr 2 19:37 ..
> drw-r--r-- 2 root root 4096 Apr 26 10:50 autoarchive
> drw-r--r-- 17 root root 4096 Apr 15 18:57 debian
> drw-r--r-- 6 root root 4096 Jan 14 07:28 fluxbox
> drw-r--r-- 2 root root 16384 Jan 14 07:13 lost+found
> drw-r--r-- 8 root root 4096 Mar 13 10:09 misc
> drwxrwxrwx 5 root root 4096 Feb 12 18:21 music
> drw-r--r-- 3 root root 4096 Feb 21 14:29 wallpaper
> drw-r--r-- 3 root root 4096 Apr 5 11:10 wget
> debian:/mnt/archive# cd debian/
> debian:/mnt/archive/debian# ls -al
> total 68
> drw-r--r-- 17 root root 4096 Apr 15 18:57 .
> drwxrwxrwx 10 root root 4096 Feb 8 23:55 ..
> drw-r--r-- 2 root root 4096 Jan 14 07:27 abiword
> drw-r--r-- 2 root root 4096 Feb 9 08:41 bin
> drw-r--r-- 2 root root 4096 Apr 5 09:14 browsers
> drw-r--r-- 2 root root 4096 Jan 14 07:25 checkinstall
> drw-r--r-- 4 root root 4096 Feb 19 07:24 games
> drw-r--r-- 5 root root 4096 Apr 1 19:32 gimp
> drw-r--r-- 2 root root 4096 Jan 19 01:30 grub
> drw-r--r-- 2 root root 4096 Feb 4 17:54 java
>
>
> OK what am I missing, I want to get to my debian directory, I have read
> permissions but no go ?
>
> I know this is going to be simple .... but ....
>
> Dave
If you want to cd into a directory you need execute permission.
If you want to ls the contents of a directory you need read permission.
I found it out by testing, but you may also refer to
#> info file utilities
for more information
Best regards
Robert
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