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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!news.kei.com!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!destroyer!news.itd.umich.edu!news.itd.umich.edu!not-for-mail From: wes@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu (Wesley Craig) Newsgroups: umich.unix,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: HELP!!!! (permissions and such Messed) Date: 12 Dec 1993 16:42:13 -0500 Organization: University of Michigan Lines: 14 Message-ID: <2eg37l$j1e@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu> References: <2efqh2$h1i@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu Alex Tang <altitude@css.itd.umich.edu> wrote: >recycle#ls -lg / >total 1564 >drw-rw-rw- 9 root wheel 512 Dec 12 14:07 ./ >drw-rw-rw- 9 root wheel 512 Dec 12 14:07 ../ >[...] >here's "ls -lgd /" done as root: >drw-rw-rw- 9 root wheel 512 Dec 12 14:07 // Well, I'd say we've found your problem. The execute bit on a directory gives "search" rights. I'd say "chmod a+x /" is in order... :wes