On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 06:09 +1030, Tim wrote: > Jeff Vian: > >>> To make it truly _world_ readable it needs to be mode 444. > > Tim: > >> 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. > > Paul Howarth: > > A user other than the owner that is in the same group as the file won't > > be able to read it, will they? > > Argh, double negative logic, and it's 6am... > > If I create a test file as user and group "tim", then make it mode 404 > > e.g. -r-----r-- 1 tim tim 5 Jan 12 06:04 permissions.text > > User "test" in group "test" can read it (I've tested this). > > Are you saying that they should or shouldn't be able to do so? What about user "test" in group "tim"? Paul.
