Is there any useful purpose for directories with permissions -w-?

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Being aware of this answer I wonder whether there is any useful purpose for write-only directories, i.e. directories with permissions -w-.

Any directory-"writing" operation I know of (such as creat, mkdir, link, unlink, symlink, rename) fails with permissions -w- but works perfectly with permissions -wx.

No, this is not a duplicate. I've seen that question. – countermode Sep 04 '14 at 12:59 — countermode, Sep 04 '14 at 12:59

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 04 '14 at 13:34

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I don't see any usage except d-w--w--w- looks nicer than d---------, you can use it if you want to protect a directory from modifications.

(just joking here)

answered Sep 04 '14 at 13:34

Emmanuel

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Is there any useful purpose for directories with permissions -w-?

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