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# 1  
Old 03-07-2013
File permisson doesn't work

Hi,

I used below script to check the file permission but it doesnt work.
Code:
[root@sai4db1 tmp]# ls -ltr
total 52
-rwx------ 1 root root 1563 Mar  6 14:12 ks-script-t-WIE3
---x--x--x 1 root root  599 Mar  6 14:14 ks-script-t-WIE3.log
-rwx------ 1 root root  553 Mar  6 14:14 ks-script-P4gFC6
drwxrwxr-- 2 root root 4096 Mar  6 14:14 SAI-RHEL-SEC-patch
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1292 Mar  6 14:15 ks-script-P4gFC6.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar  6 18:30 sai
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  147 Mar  7 13:56 test.sh
[root@sai4db1 tmp]# cat test.sh
#!/bin/bash

file="ks-script-t-WIE3.log"

if [ -r $file ]
then
echo "file has read permission"
else
echo "files doesnt have execute permission"
fi
[root@sai4db1 tmp]# ./test.sh
file has read permission
[root@sai4db1 tmp]#

Any idea??

Last edited by Franklin52; 03-07-2013 at 06:59 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
# 2  
Old 03-07-2013
Code:
if test -r astropubkey.asc ; then echo "file has r perms"; else echo "file is no r perms"; fi

# 3  
Old 03-07-2013
Still same issue...Its strange really...

Code:
[root@sai4db1 tmp]# ll
total 52
-rwx------ 1 root root  553 Mar  6 14:14 ks-script-P4gFC6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1292 Mar  6 14:15 ks-script-P4gFC6.log
-rwx------ 1 root root 1563 Mar  6 14:12 ks-script-t-WIE3
---x--x--x 1 root root  599 Mar  6 14:14 ks-script-t-WIE3.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar  6 18:30 sai
drwxrwxr-- 2 root root 4096 Mar  6 14:14 SAI-RHEL-SEC-patch
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  148 Mar  7 14:30 test.sh
[root@sai4db1 tmp]# vim test.sh
[root@sai4db1 tmp]# cat test.sh
#!/bin/bash

file="ks-script-t-WIE3.log"

if test -r $file
then
echo "file has read permission"
else
echo "files doesnt have execute permission"
fi
[root@sai4db1 tmp]#


Last edited by Franklin52; 03-07-2013 at 07:00 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
# 4  
Old 03-07-2013
As I can infer from your prompt you are running that script as root. root may read everything. Try running as a normal user.
# 5  
Old 03-07-2013
thanks for reply..
But using root user, it is working for +x checks but not for +r and +w. Any idea why?
# 6  
Old 03-07-2013
Your line :
Code:
echo "files doesnt have execute permission"

should be replaced with :
Code:
echo "files doesnt have READ permission"

since you are testing against the "-r" option.

If you want to test against the execute permission, in your if test statement, you should use the "-x" option instead.

Last edited by ctsgnb; 03-07-2013 at 06:16 AM..
# 7  
Old 03-07-2013
you are running as a root user, try changing ownership of the file to some other user and then test..

also, you are thinking for +x it is working correctly, but in fact check your code as ctsgnb mentioned.
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