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Re: permissions 757 (drwxr-xrwx) unable to write?



Rob Benton wrote:

> I ran into this at the office today.  There's a directory with this
> ownership and permissions
>
> drwxr-xrwx oracle dba 4.0K log/
>
> I'm part of the dba group yet I can't create a file inside that
> directory.  Only if I add write permissions for the group can I create
> a file inside that directory.
>
> That seems really messed up to me.  By the way this is on a RHEL3
> machine if that makes any difference.
>
>
Group permissions trump World permissions.

> The permissions that pertain to you for any file either owned by you
> or not - are the ones
> that is the highest in order that you qualify for.
> The order is:
>
>    1. Owner
>    2. Group
>    3. World.
>
http://www.me.mtu.edu/help/computing/who_knows/unix/chmod.html

-- 
Kent West
Technology Support
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