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I really don't understand.

I have on my localhost web projects on the path /var/php/project_name

I have changed ownership of that files to my user name via chown. Now, assume I have private directory inside project (so the path is /var/php/project_name/private)

and I type command:

chmod -R u=rwx,g=rx,o= private

so the permissions are:

drwxr-x--- 4 maciej maciej 4096 2012-02-02 11:54 private

but when I try to cd private i get permissions denied. What the f... is going on?

Yes, I am logged as maciej: maciej@mkk:/var/php/edited_name/private$

OS: newest Ubuntu

UPDATE:

sorry guys - it was my typo.. i lied to you: i removed x permission but included it in the question :|

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  • try bombing the permissions with a chmod 777 and see if anything happens. Commented Feb 29, 2012 at 13:37
  • Read (r) has nothing to do with accessing a directory. It's the execute (x) bit that allows you to cd into a directory. What happened to you doesn't happen to me though.... Commented Feb 29, 2012 at 13:42
  • @Migs your comment was answer - i lied to you all in the question, my bad.. please make this comment an answer and I will accept it Commented Feb 29, 2012 at 13:48

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Read (r) has nothing to do with accessing a directory. It's the execute (x) bit that allows you to cd into a directory.

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Only user maciej and group maciej are allowed to enter private. Are you logged in as maciej?

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  • yes, I am: maciej@mkk:/var/php/edited_name/private$ Commented Feb 29, 2012 at 13:33
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It works for me as you've written it:

/tmp/mkk $ mkdir private /tmp/mkk $ chmod -R u=rwx,g=rx,o= private/ /tmp/mkk $ id uid=1000(nick) gid=100(users) groups=... /tmp/mkk $ ls -l total 4 drwxr-x--- 2 nick users 4096 Feb 29 13:32 private /tmp/mkk $ cd private/ /tmp/mkk/private $

Are you definitely logged in as the maciej user? Are you running SELinux or similar?

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  • yes i am, that is why it is strange to me. maybe it is because I do not own parent folder - var? but this would be strange Commented Feb 29, 2012 at 13:36
  • Well, could you add the output of ls -ld /var/php/project_name/{,private} to the question just in case? Commented Feb 29, 2012 at 13:40

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