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Does execution of a file need read permission?
Does execution of a file need read permission? It is natural to think yes, because execution of a file needs to load the file into memory. If the answer is no, why is that? In particular, same ...
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What is a valid use case for an "execute only" file permission?
I was reading up on chmod and its octal modes. I saw that 1 is execute only. What is a valid use case for an execute only permission? To execute a file, one typically would want read and execute ...
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print the /etc/shadow file in the console
How do I change the permissions of an executable file to access the /etc/shadow file? So far I have the following bash script: #!/bin/bash gcc print.c -o print chmod +s print ./print exit 0 and ...
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What does the "sticky bit" mean in NFS?
I'm trying to figure how is the sticky bit used in NFS v3. RFC 1813 says on page 22: 0x00200 Save swapped text (not defined in POSIX). What do they mean by "swapped text"? In "NFS Illustrated", the ...
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Existing file can not be found? [duplicate]
/usr/share/tipp10$ ll insgesamt 9408 drwxr-xr-x 3 myname ssl-cert 4096 Feb 26 20:07 ./ drwxr-xr-x 288 root root 12288 Feb 26 20:07 ../ -rwxrwxrwx 1 myname ssl-cert 9480 Okt 6 2010 ...
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Linux isn't sure whether a file exists or not [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: Getting “Not found” message when running a 32-bit binary on a 64-bit system ts3user@...:~/ts3$ dir CHANGELOG LICENSE doc ... ts3server.pid ts3server_linux_x86 ...
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