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On 02/13/2010 05:08 AM, Gary wrote:
> Weird question maybe, but what permissions should the ".." directory
> entry have that sits in /home/<user>?
>
> I'm getting some weird behaviour from grep -r (in my home directory it
> appears to be traversing up the .. entry and trying to access other
> users' files) and wondering if the permissions are the cause.

You sure you don't have a symlink or mount that grep can traverse in
that directory?

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