[PLUG] permissions -- ugh

[Paul Heinlein]

On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Bruce Kingsland wrote:

> permissions on /home/seti is 744, and is at least that on all the
> other files and directories below that. But I can't read a file that
> is not in the /home/seti dir. How come?

Bruce,

The /home/seti directory will need need to have the execute bit set 
for group and others, e.g.,

  chmod go+x /home/seti

The reason is that you need to be able to 'execute' the directory in 
order to read the files in it. The same thing will be true of 
subdirectories in the /home/seti tree.

--Paul Heinlein <heinlein at attbi.com>