Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030254AbWCQSUl (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:20:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030256AbWCQSUl (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:20:41 -0500 Received: from iriserv.iradimed.com ([69.44.168.233]:29860 "EHLO iradimed.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030254AbWCQSUk (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:20:40 -0500 Message-ID: <441AFD8A.5050003@cfl.rr.com> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:18:50 -0500 From: Phillip Susi User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nick Warne CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: chmod 111 References: <200603171746.18894.nick@linicks.net> In-Reply-To: <200603171746.18894.nick@linicks.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Mar 2006 18:23:04.0573 (UTC) FILETIME=[D4F8E2D0:01C649EF] X-TM-AS-Product-Ver: SMEX-7.2.0.1122-3.52.1006-14329.000 X-TM-AS-Result: No--1.500000-5.000000-31 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 529 Lines: 14 Nick Warne wrote: > 76 ---x--x--x 1 root bin 72608 2004-03-16 02:08 ls > > I shouldn't be able to execute 'ls' as I can't read it, shouldn't it? Of course you can execute it because you have execute permission. Lack of read permission just prevents you from read()ing the file. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/