Directory and File Permissions 1

[johnherman]

My home directory is set to 744. Inside I have a file set to 777.

Someone trying to copy that file was getting permission errors. Shouldn’t the 744 on the directory allow READ of that file for the purposes of copying? GNU Linux 2.6

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[mbrooks]

Wrong file permissions set. It should be..

[pre]$ chmod 755 <directory>[/pre]

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[SamBones]

You need execute permission to be able to access a directory to get to the file. You don't even need read access to the directory. That's only needed to list the contents of the directory.

The perm 711 on the directory would let them open/read/copy the file, but still not be able to do an "[tt]ls[/tt]" on your home directory.