Directory write permissions -- fail

[Kurt Wall]

Scribbling feverishly on May 23, bof managed to emit:

[...]

> But when I changed the directory permissions to -w--w--w-,  I could not 
> add a new file or delete any of the existing files, getting a 
> "permission denied" message. This is not as I understand it: I should be 
> able to do this.
>
> Could anyone explain why?

You can't write to a file to which you don't have access, which, for 
a directory, means the execute bit must be set.

Kurt
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