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Old 06-21-2009
reg directory permission

One small doubt. can anyone explain me the difference between directory read and execute permission.
rogerben
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Old 06-21-2009
Directory read - you can list the contents of that directory
Directory execute - you can run programs that are in that directory
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Old 06-22-2009
you can check the man pages of ls and chmod for more details
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