Lets say I have directory /a with permissions wx and file /a/b with permission x. What can I do with file b? Can I read it, write or i cannot?
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Cœur
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1Possible duplicate of [How do I set chmod for a folder and all of its subfolders and files in Linux Ubuntu Terminal?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3740152/how-do-i-set-chmod-for-a-folder-and-all-of-its-subfolders-and-files-in-linux-ubu) – Sreetam Das Jun 02 '17 at 11:13
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You can read it but can't write to it and off course you can execute it.
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I tried to simulate this situation and found out, that I cannot read simple .txt file (for example with cat). – Projectionist Jun 02 '17 at 11:53
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You can write inside the dir /a but can't see what are inside the dir. You can create file or new dir inside /a. If you know the name of the file inside the dir, you can execute it only if it has also read permission, so you cannot execute the file /a/b.
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