On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 11:53 +1030, Tim wrote: > On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 14:39 -0600, Jeff Vian wrote: > > Mode 004 is interpreted as "readable by everyone except owner or > > group" (they are explicitly denied). > > > > To make it truly _world_ readable it needs to be mode 444. > > Are you sure? I'd have thought that 404 would be sufficient, if the > reasons offered were true. A quick test proved it worked for me. A user other than the owner that is in the same group as the file won't be able to read it, will they? Paul.
