General question about Linux

[Steve Holmes]

Well, I think files that aren't meant to be executed should probably
be 644 or -rw-r--r-- so someone doesn't try to execute a text file
that just might happen to have a valid shell command in it or
something.  I don't suppose it is much harm otherwise.

On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 05:44:58PM -0400, Thomas Ward wrote:
> Oops. Sorry, about that. I meant 755, but I am only human. I was writing on
> the fly, and well sometimes you say one thing rather than other. Bill is
> right. 755 is correct not 744.
> The permitions would be:
> 
> user rwx group rx other rx.
> 
> 
> Which is the best solution for files.
> 
> 
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