Re: x bit for dirs: misfeature?

[Mike Fedyk]

On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 11:34:07AM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote:
> Thomas Hood wrote:
> > However, a decent reason for having separate r and x
> > is that "r--" directories _do_ make sense.  When a
> > directory is "r--", its contents can be _listed_ but the
> > directory cannot be browsed.  Observe:     // Thomas Hood
> 
> But is that useful?
> Sure, I can list filenames.  I can't get at filesize
> or permissions.  I can't open the files.  How
> is that useful?  Of course locking people
> out is useful, but why should they need to read
> the filenames?
> 

To taunt them? ;)