Directories must have the x bit to be traversed or entered. -- Sent from my Nexus 4. On Nov 22, 2013 1:05 AM, "Paul" <contact [ dot ] paul [ at ] ncf [ dot ] ca> wrote: > With regards to the screen dump listed under CODE: below, > would someone be so kind as to share with me why I am unable to access the > Recipes.0 directory? > > Both user and group permissions match. > > I can su into the directory, but I shouldn't have to. > > Recipes 2-6 are accessible. > Recipes 0 and 1 are not accessible by user librarian. > > Any hints? > > CODE: > > librarian@artefact:~/test$ whoami > librarian > librarian@artefact:~/test$ ls -la > total 36 > drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Nov 22 00:39 . > drwxr-xr-x 4 librarian librarian 4096 Nov 22 00:39 .. > drw-rw---- 4 librarian librarian 4096 Nov 22 00:39 Recipes.0 > drw-rw---- 4 librarian librarian 4096 Nov 22 00:38 Recipes.1 > drwxr-xr-x 4 librarian librarian 4096 Nov 22 00:30 Recipes.2 > drwxr-xr-x 4 librarian librarian 4096 Nov 22 00:17 Recipes.3 > drwxr-xr-x 4 librarian librarian 4096 Nov 22 00:09 Recipes.4 > drwxr-xr-x 4 librarian librarian 4096 Nov 22 00:05 Recipes.5 > drwxr-xr-x 4 librarian librarian 4096 Nov 21 23:40 Recipes.6 > librarian@artefact:~/test$ cd Recipes.0 > -bash: cd: Recipes.0: Permission denied > librarian@artefact:~/test$ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >