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To: vda <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
cc: James A Sutherland <jas88@cam.ac.uk>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: x bit for dirs: misfeature? 
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   of "Mon, 19 Nov 2001 18:24:11 -0000." <0111191824110B.00817@nemo> 
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 13:44:47 -0300
From: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
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vda <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> said:

[...]

> > [james@dax p2i]$ ls test
> > ls: test/file: Permission denied
> > [james@dax p2i]$ ls -l test
> > ls: test/file: Permission denied
> > total 0
> 
> Looks like we have different ls :-). Mine lists 'r only' dir with no
> problem.

Probably some alias. "/bin/ls test" should work, "/bin/ls -l test" won't.

> > Anyway, as Al Viro has pointed out, R!=X. It's been like that for a very
> > long time, it's deliberate, not a misfeature, and it's staying like that
> > for the foreseeable future.
> 
> Yes, I see... All I can do is to add workarounds (ok,ok, 'support')
> to chmod and friends:
> 
> chmod -R a+R dir  - sets r for files and rx for dirs

X sets x for dirs, leaves files alone.
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