[debbugs-tracker] bug#18937: closed (chmod ???? bug?)

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> chmod ???? bug?
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> Mon, 3 Nov 2014 19:26:25 +0100
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> Hello,
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> After using chmod
>         chmod -R 644 /media/plato/mountedpartition/     (I see I forgot the * 
> at the end)
> my
>         ls -l
> listing has all entry's like these:
>         First a list like this of every file and folder
>                 ls: cannot access /media/plato/mountedpartition/justafiile.txt: 
> Permission denied
>         Then one time
>                 total 0
>         Folowed by
>                 -????????? ? ? ? ?            ? justafile.txt
>                 d????????? ? ? ? ?            ? Files
>         One example of a file and one of a directory
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> If I do
>         ls Files
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>         ls: cannot access /media/plato/mountedpartition/Files: Permission denied
> When I do
>         sudo ls Files
> I get a listing of the contents of files as expected.
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> Is this a bug?
> It was not my intention to get this. I do not know how to get it back to what 
> it was.
> I tried it on a single file with
>         chmod 644 justafile.txt
> but that did not solve it. Any ideas?
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> Thanks for maintaining chmod
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> With kind regards,
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> Plato
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> On 11/03/2014 10:26 AM, Plato wrote:
> > chmod -R 644/media/plato/mountedpartition/
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> The behavior you observe is what I'd expect once the permissions on 
> directories are messed up. To fix it, try "chmod -R 
> +X/media/plato/mountedpartition/" as root.
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