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DateFri, 17 Mar 2006 10:12:39 -0800
From"Joshua Hudson" <>
SubjectRe: chmod 111
On 3/17/06, Nick Warne <nick@linicks.net> wrote:
> Hi All,>> First, I apologise if this isn't a kernel question, but I think it is related.
>> Slackware 10 base, 2.6.15.6>> I am normal user, in groups users and wheel.  Why can I do this:
>>> nick@linuxamd:nick$ which ls> /usr/bin/ls> nick@linuxamd:nick$ ls -lsa /usr/bin/ls> 0 lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 12 2004-07-22 22:52 /usr/bin/ls -> ../../bin/ls
> nick@linuxamd:nick$ cd /bin
> nick@linuxamd:bin$ sudo chmod 111 ls
> nick@linuxamd:bin$ ls -lsa ls
> 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?
>
> Nick

You have x permission, you can execute. That's the rules.
Now a shell script, ...
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