Re: Question about directory permissions

Al wrote: > I understand dir perms pretty well; but, have a question I can't readily > find > the answer to. > > Under a Linux system, scripts can't write, copy, etc. to other dirs unless > the > perms are set for writable for the script e.g., nobody. > > But, is there a way a script can write or copy within its own dir? > Not unless it has permission to do so.  Most likely, however, it can write to the temp space such as /tmp or /var/tmp. --Curtis