Subj : Re: chmod 2711 not excutable under linux
To   : comp.unix.solaris,comp.os.linux
From : 19owls
Date : Tue Dec 21 2004 01:00 pm

what does the '2' in front of the 711 represent?

----  19 Owls  ----

> I have a script that is chmod 2711 (-rwx--s--x) so that it's excutable
> for group and user but NOT readable by them.  It works perfectly on
> Solaris 8 for years.  However, now I run the same file on Linux it does
> not work.  It returns with permission denied.  Can anyone please help?
> 
> % ./script.sh
> ./script.sh: Permission denied.
> It's just a simple shell script.  The OS is SuSE Linux 9.1.

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