Jason S. on Mon, 20 Sep 1999 12:15:50 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [Plug] file permissions


Yes, that works. But httpd.conf and sendmail.cf shouldnt be executable
anyways. :)

J.

When I grow up, I wanna be more like me.
I had a clue. I didn't like it. I took it back and exchanged it for an
attitude.  

On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Tom Joyce wrote:

> If I change the file permissions on a directory from 755 to 711 would users still be able to execute a file even though they can not read it? The main idea is to allow people to FTP or telnet in but I would like to prevent them from viewing certain files , like the httpd.conf file or the sendmail.cf files in the /etc directory. 
> 
> If this doesn't work , how can I prevent people from exploring certain files on the system?
> 
> 


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