> Plus whatever protections the file permissions provide. If a directory is > 755 but a file in it is 600, that's better protection than if the file is > 644. If they made the file 644 in a directory that is 755, that would be > especially reckless, so I was wondering about that. If they made the file > 600, that would suggest that they see the problem, but they think the file > permission is enough to deal with it. > > Mike > dana at strongbad:~ =>ls -al .kde/share/apps/okular/docdata/ total 4 drwx------ 2 dana dana 88 2010-02-15 11:43 . drwx------ 3 dana dana 104 2010-02-15 11:43 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 dana dana 363 2010-02-15 11:43 31460.sample.pdf.xml Sigh. But the directory permissions above the file are 700. The fact that the file even exists without the app informing me about it is what irks me. Dan