Strictly speaking, you can get a list of files in the directory. i.e., opendir() and readdir() will not return "Permission denied". However, you can't access an

Strictly speaking, you can get a list of files in the directory. i.e., opendir() and readdir() will not return "Permission denied". However, you can't access any of the files within the directory. Yes, and this is commonly used for the parent directory of a publically readable directory. Fore example, you can't read or write anything in my home directory but you can execute through it to read stuff form my public_www directory. If the execute bit form my home is removed, that breaks my webpage.