[Sorry for followup to my own posting, but..]
On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Alexander Viro wrote:
>
> On Mon, 15 Feb 1999 Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> > As mentioned already, we need write permission as soon as we change
> > a name in a directory. We need execute (search) permission in all
> > directories involved, including the final ones where we'll write.
> Agreed. Test added.
On the second thought... Execute permissions on a directory are needed
only to access files referenced from it.
Yes.
Maybe you misunderstood. For
mv a/x b/y
you need search permission in the directories a and b.
That is what I meant to say in the part you quote.
[I now realize that `the final ones where we'll write' is
not unambiguous because you may think of these .. entries.]
Andries
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