On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 23:23 +0100, Eric Tanguy wrote: > ls -ld /home/tanguy/ > drwxr--r-- 68 tanguy tanguy 4096 mar 24 23:14 /home/tanguy/ You'll need other-user execute permissions on the directory to be able change into it. Files only need the other-user read permissions, don't give them execute permissions as well. drwx---r-x /home/username/ drwx---r-- /home/username/shared-file -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.