On Friday 27 July 2007 13:09, Jerry Feldman wrote:
...
In Unix and Linux systems every directory (eg folder) and every file has a set of permissions and ownerships: Ownerships are the owner, the group, everyone else Permissions are: read, write, execute. The execute bit for directories means that you can enter that directory.
Where "enter" means the kernel will perform a lookup action in that directory. This can be as part of opening a file, changing directory, performing an exectue operation or even something less common, like the chroot system call. It is enforced / required whether the directory in question is the ultimate target of the operation or just encountered as an intermediate directory in a path-name lookup that goes deeper into the directory hierarchy.
...
Randall Schulz --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-programming+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-programming+help@opensuse.org