Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:12:39 -0800 | From | "Joshua Hudson" <> | Subject | Re: chmod 111 |
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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
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