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Do I correctly understand permission to directories in Linux/Unix?

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Mar 15, 20265355 views
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Do I correctly understand permission to directories in Linux/Unix? If your directory has only (read) permission you are allowed to see the content of the directory (which files are located there) but you cannot do it because you cannot go ( ) to this directory (because of the absence of permissions…

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From this page at Dartmouth college: Remember that to read a file, you need execute access to the directory it is in AND read access to the file itself. To write a file, your need execute access to the directory AND write access to the file. To crea…

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