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linuxpermissionscommandcentos
epanagio
epanagio

Reputation: 1

permissions issue accessing a file

I log in as root and I issue the following command:

ls -l /home/osr/public_html/include/connect.php

and I receive

-rwxrwxr-x 1 osr epanagio 578 Jul 10  2012 /home/osr/public_html/cti/include/connect_to_md5.php

This tells me that "osr" and "epanagio" can access the file for read-write-execute.

Now I log in as "epanagio" and I issue the same command:

ls -l /home/osr/public_html/include/connect.php

and I receive

/bin/ls: cannot access /home/osr/public_html/include/connect.php: Permission denied

WHAT?! I am "epanagio" and according to the permissions I have rwx to this file.

I am using CentOS and I am obvioulsy lost. Can someone PLEASE explain this to me?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 146

Answers (1)

Marc B
Marc B

Reputation: 360642

Just because you have the rights to read a file doesn't mean you can actually REACH that file. You need permissions to access all of the parent directories of wherever that file is.

Consider it the equivalent of giving you permissions take a $1 bill from me, but that $1 bill is inside a safety deposit box in a bank's vault. You have the rights to the money, but no rights to walk into the vault and open the box.

Upvotes: 1

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