Re: chmod 111

[Nick Warne]

On Friday 17 March 2006 18:07, Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote:
> > I shouldn't be able to execute 'ls' as I can't read it, shouldn't it?
>
> Nop... you can execute binaries even if the read permission is not
> granted. Note that I said "binaries". Shell script files need read and
> execute permission, since they must be read by a shell interpreter in
> order to get executed.

Hi Felipe,

First, apologies as this isn't kernel issue (but related, I suppose).

Yes, I see now after much messing about.  Why then are most binaries chmod 
755?  Who would need (why) to read a [system] binary?

Nick
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