Setting execute permission only

[sumncguy]

Is it possible to set execute only ?

chmod a+x,a-r,u+r <script.sh>. User will be able to execute, but will everyone else ?

Thanks

 

[Mike042]

Is it possible to set execute only ?
Yes, try:
chmod 111 <script.sh>

chmod a+x,a-r,u+r <script.sh>. User will be able to execute, but will everyone else ?
Yes, a+x sets User (owner), Group and All others to execute.

For User (owner) only to execute only, try:
chmod 100 <script.sh>


I hope that helps.

Mike

 

[SamBones]

To execute a script you need the execute and read bits on. So "[tt]chmod 555 script.sh[/tt]" is the least you can have.

The execute bit alone is most useful for directories. You can hide a directory but still let people access it. If you do this...

mkdir /secret
mkdir /secret/one
mkdir /secret/two
mkdir /secret/two/three
chmod 111 /secret
chmod 777 /secret/one
chmod 711 /secret/two
chmod 777 /secret/two/three

When someone does...
[tt]
ls /secret # it will fail
ls /secret/one # it will succeed
ls /secret/two # it will fail
ls /decret/two/three # it will succeed
[/tt]