07-17-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hitori
x - search for files in directory
w - add/delete files
so w is enough (you can delete files although you cannot search for them)
plz. correct me if I'm wrong
Incorrect, even if you happen to know the name of the file you want to delete.
This ia an extract from an article by Perderabo in the Tutorials Forum.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Perderabo
What do r w and x really mean for a directory?
A directory is a file too, and "read" permission means you can read it. But you really cannot do very much without x permission as well. With directories, you usually have both read and execute permission or neither. On a directory, that x is officially called "search permission". You need x to use a directory in a pathname. So if you try "cat /etc/passwd", you will need x on / and /etc. You also need x to cd into a directory.Suppose you have read but not search (x) permission on a directory. What can you do? Not much. You can use "ls" to view the file names. Even "ls -l" will not work. Read access without search permission is not very useful. Still that is better than having only write permission on a directory...that is completely useless. I have not seen any other documentation that states this explicitly, so let me repeat it: write but no execute permission on a directory grants nothing at all.Suppose you have search (x) permission but no read permission on a directory. Now you can open files in the directory if you happen to know the file's name. You can cd into the directory. And that is it. You cannot even create a new file. Adding write permission will allow you to create files. And you can then delete files if you happen to know their name.
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