Accessing files in a directory without x-permission?
- by Leo
I am having a bit of trouble understanding what the execute permission means for directories. Do I understand it correctly that anything in a directory for which a user does not have x-rights is inaccessible even if the things inside the directory gives specific rights to the user?
Or will the user still have direct access to the things in the directory, but simply cannot list what is in the directory?
(What I am really trying to understand is how safe a directory is from access from other users if they do not have x-permission for it.)