Re: [tlug] Whoops... messed up home directory permissions

[David Stibbe <dstibbe@example.com>]

Josh Glover wrote:

> >
Josh Glover wrote:
> On 20/04/06, Joe Larabell <larabell@???> wrote:
>
> > On a directory, the 'x' bit allows you to 'cd' to the directory.
>
> Well, slightly more than that. The 'x' bit controls access to files in
> the directory. For example:
<snip>
>
> See what I mean?
>
> -Josh

Basically you're giving a long post to illustrate what the person before 
you already said, but maybe he should've been more specific: the x bit 
controls the access to the directory.

This means, all actions that require the user to be in the 
directory,such as cd, ls, rm, cp ...etc, require the x bit to be set for it.

David