Patricio Rojo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't know whether this is a bug or it is expected behavior. If
> this is a bug I would appreciate someone telling me who to report it
> to...
>
>
> I recently noticed that strange things happen if you do 'chmod 670' on
> a directory that you own, and whose group is set to one you belong.
>
> - If you try 'ls', then its contents are shown
> - If you try 'cd' to it, you get permission denied.
> - If you try 'ls -l', you get many interrogation signs (?????) instead
> of the properties of the file.
> - If the user is changed to someone other than you, but the group
> remains the same, then you get full access.
>
> Since the permissions are set to full access to the group, and I'm
> part of that group, shouldn't I get full access to the directory?
> Anyways, getting many '????' is very awkward.
>

Is there some reason why you would "chmod 670" and not "chmod 770"?


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