On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 05:18:28PM +0000, Roger Light wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 3:21 PM, MBM wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 01:34:57PM +0000, Roger Light wrote:
>>> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Samuel Bächler <baechler@???> wrote:
>>>> (drwxrw----> -> drw-rw----)
>>> "x" means "search" in the context of directories, not execute.
>> No, it doesn't. "x" means "enter" - ie, you can't enter the directory
>> if you don't have execute permission. You can "search"/"read" it, but
>> only if you have read permission, and you can put files in there if
>> you have write permission.
> POSIX calls it search:
> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap04.html#tag_04_04
> who am I to argue? :) Regardless of the name, the important point is
> that it is nothing to do with executing anything.
Yeah - fair point, in which case POSIX/SUS3 is using misleading terminology,
which'll make newbies get it wrong! :-( Search, to me, implies what the
directory read permission is for (ie. what're the contents of the directory)
> Samuel, it's worth spending some time figuring this all out for
> yourself because it's not always obvious on first glance what the
> behaviour will be. If you have a directory that you don't have write
> permission for, you won't be able to create new files (or rename, or
> delete), but you can modify files that already exist if you have the
> appropriate file permissions, for example.
Yes, very much so.
> Matt - small world, we've met through juggling before.
*blink* OK! Which Roger are you? I can't put a face to a name - what props?
:-)
Cheers
MBM
