Re: chmod 111

[Phillip Susi]

Nick Warne wrote:
> 76 ---x--x--x  1 root bin 72608 2004-03-16 02:08 ls
>
> I shouldn't be able to execute 'ls' as I can't read it, shouldn't it?


Of course you can execute it because you have execute permission.  Lack 
of read permission just prevents you from read()ing the file.

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