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Re: Group permissions on a directory

  • Subject: Re: Group permissions on a directory
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 08:11:48 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
  • References: <enr353-k53.ln1@mail.jandg-cooper.com> <slrndnvkbm.3j8.rob@one.localnet>
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__/ [Robert M. Riches Jr.] on Sunday 20 November 2005 01:29 \__

> On 2005-11-19, Grahame Cooper <Grahame@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can anyone explain this behaviour? Am I being completely stupid here or
>> is there something wrong?
>>
>> ---------------------------------------
>> [grahame@hedwig mysql]$ cd phpbb
>> -bash: cd: phpbb: Permission denied
>> [grahame@hedwig mysql]$ ls -l
>> total 20716
>> ...
>> drwxr-x---  2 mysql mysql     4096 Nov 17 22:49 phpbb/
>> ...
>> [grahame@hedwig mysql]$ groups grahame
>> grahame : grahame mysql
>> [grahame@hedwig mysql]$
>> ---------------------------------------
> 
> Have you logged out and back in since you made yourself a
> member of group mysql?  If not, do so and try again.  As was
> mentioned recently in one of the newsgroups I read, a login
> shell (and its descendants) don't see changes in group
> membership during their lifetime.


I guess it all depends on what the three dots mean. Assuming it is just
omission of other files, one wonders what happened before 'cd phpbb'.


> By chance, might you have caught a rootkit?


It affects Linux too?!?!

Roy

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