Unix questions - Re: how to prevent other users from listing the contents of my

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Re: how to prevent other users from listing the contents of my

Keith Thompson

2005-10-24, 3:46 pm

jobs239@hotmail.com writes:
> I have directory "test" under my home directory that has permissions
> drwx------ but still other users are able to list contents of that
> directory. How can I prevent that?

Normally, by setting its permissions to drwx------. I don't know why
other users are able to list the contents of the directory. What
system are you on? Have you done anything odd with ACLs? Is the
directory's ownership correct?

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