On Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 09:43:27AM +0200, [email protected] wrote:
> Hello, I am studying OpenBSD and I am currently working on file mods and the 
> chmod(1) command. In that context, I have come across a behavior that I don't 
> understand. My test directory contains two files: ll.out and power.exe.
> 
> $ chmod 600 my-test-dir
> $ ls -ld my-test-dir/
> drw-------  2  user  user  512  Sep 17 11:13  my-test-dir/
> $ ls my-test-dir
> ll.out    power.exe
> $ ls -l my-test-dir
> total 0
> $
> 
> I would expect that without the 'x' bit, the directory is not searchable and 
> I won't be able to list its contents. But in fact I can, unless I use a long 
> format (-l, -g or -n).
> 
> Can someone please explain the above behaviour? Thank you. Tom
> 

FWIW I can only reproduce this inside /tmp.  Sticky bit related?

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