Directories are treated different than files when it comes to 
permissions. You need execute permission on a directory in order to add 
or delete items in it.

Michael Havens wrote:
> 
> This is differant. I couldn't drag and drop a file to the floppy so I ls -l 
> that file (1) Well the permissions were (help me out here) 311  So I was 
> thinking that since I'm the owner and have write permessions and I should be 
> able to drag -n-drop to the floppy drive. But it wasn't until I had changed 
> the permissions to 700 (adding the execute bit) (2) that I was able to 
> drag-n-drop. Why is that? It would seem that that I would nead write 
> permissions rather than execute. Is it perhaps because this is a device and 
> to make it run you need execute permissions and you would need write to allow 
> data to transfer from the computer to the device? If that is the case could 
> this possibly be why some printers don't work? 

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'
"There is no such thing as the People;
  it is a collectivist myth.
  There are only individual citizens
  with individual wills
  and individual purposes."
-William E. Simon (1927-2000),
     Secretary of the Treasury (1974-1977)
  "A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237

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