scp to directory w/o execute permissions

Charles Farinella farinella at mcttelecom.com
Wed Dec 11 16:26:15 EST 2002


On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Derek Martin wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 03:47:40PM -0500, Charles Farinella wrote:
> > I'm trying to scp files to a directory that won't allow a user to execute 
> > anything.  If I remove execute permissions from the directory I can't 
> > upload any files.  Does anyone know a way I can do this?
> 
> That's not what the execute bit on a directory does.  It allows you to
> cd into that directory.  If the x bit is off, scp won't work.  Sorry
> Charlie.  =8^)  (Remember those old StarKist ads?)

I should have known.  And yes I remember those ads very well, thanks.  :-)

--charlie

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