Methinks you are a member of the web group, hance Mr. Other's permissions
have little to do with you.

Andy.

On Mon, 3 May 1999, Mason Loring Bliss wrote:

> Can someone explain the following? If not, I'll send a PR. Oddities abound.
> 
> satserv1-1 /usr/pkg/share/httpd/htdocs$ ls -l | grep programs
> drwx---r-x  3 web  web  1536 May  3 10:50 programs
> satserv1-1 /usr/pkg/share/httpd/htdocs$ cd programs
> /bin/ksh: cd: /usr/pkg/share/httpd/htdocs/programs - Permission denied
> satserv1-1 /usr/pkg/share/httpd/htdocs$ whoami
> mason
> 
> With mode 0755, I can cd into there. With mode 0705, I cannot.
> 
> Eek?
> 
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> mason@acheron.middleboro.ma.us  )) build  their nest  with fragments  dropped
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