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From: "Alberto de Poo" <adepoo@tamnet.com.mx>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: FTP and hidden directories...
Date: 11 Sep 1996 14:02:54 GMT
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Sean Rolinson <snowdog@charm.net> wrote in article
<50mocp$e2@canton.charm.net>...

> One of our users would like to be able to hide a directory (remove 'r'
> bit) but allow people to 'cd' to it if they know the name of the
> directory.  He would also like to allow that same user to write to a
> subdirectory below the unreadable directory.  The problem we are
> seeing is that the system will not allow him to write to that
> directory.  The error message is can't cwdir, permission denied, or
> something to that effect.  My guess is the system is not happy about
> the parent directory not being readble.  Is there a way to fix this?  
> 
> Sean Rolinson
> snowdog@charm.net
> 

We have the same problem, when we change the 'r' parameter in /usr/home so
other users can not list and see the logins of other users, many user
complain that they no longer can upload info into their 'www' directory,
the same error message ocure. So they can go to /usr/home/jdoe/www but can
not upload anything, maybe is the ftp client? They all use ftp clients for
Windows 3.x and 95.

Any help or information will be great.

Alberto de Poo
adepoo@tamnet.com.mx