Is it possible to read a file you only have executable permissions to on Linux through Bash?
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I was wondering if it was possible to somehow get the contents of a file which you do not have read access to. I first attempted trying to get around the permissions using the inode number of the file, but I was unsuccessful. My teacher made a file which he said he locked up well, but that there were a few ways of getting to its contents. Getting into the file has nothing to do with our assignment, but I was curious as to how this could be done if it could be done. I did a bit of research, and the only post I found relating to this was to grab the inode number of the file, but after doing that, there was not too much more information regarding it. Any savvy bash/Linux users have a solution to do this?
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I was wondering if it was possible to somehow get the contents of a file which you do not have read access to. I first attempted trying to get around the permissions using the inode number of the file, but I was unsuccessful. My teacher made a file which he said he locked up well, but that there were a few ways of getting to its contents. Getting into the file has nothing to do with our assignment, but I was curious as to how this could be done if it could be done. I did a bit of research, and the only post I found relating to this was to grab the inode number of the file, but after doing that, there was not too much more information regarding it. Any savvy bash/Linux users have a solution to do this?
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You can't even execute a file you don't have read permissions on, even if you have execute permissions, unless the person who set it up tried really hard
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I was wondering if it was possible to somehow get the contents of a file which you do not have read access to. I first attempted trying to get around the permissions using the inode number of the file, but I was unsuccessful. My teacher made a file which he said he locked up well, but that there were a few ways of getting to its contents. Getting into the file has nothing to do with our assignment, but I was curious as to how this could be done if it could be done. I did a bit of research, and the only post I found relating to this was to grab the inode number of the file, but after doing that, there was not too much more information regarding it. Any savvy bash/Linux users have a solution to do this?
Thanks!
permissions executable inode
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I was wondering if it was possible to somehow get the contents of a file which you do not have read access to. I first attempted trying to get around the permissions using the inode number of the file, but I was unsuccessful. My teacher made a file which he said he locked up well, but that there were a few ways of getting to its contents. Getting into the file has nothing to do with our assignment, but I was curious as to how this could be done if it could be done. I did a bit of research, and the only post I found relating to this was to grab the inode number of the file, but after doing that, there was not too much more information regarding it. Any savvy bash/Linux users have a solution to do this?
Thanks!
permissions executable inode
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You can't even execute a file you don't have read permissions on, even if you have execute permissions, unless the person who set it up tried really hard
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You can't even execute a file you don't have read permissions on, even if you have execute permissions, unless the person who set it up tried really hard
– jeremysprofile
1 min ago
You can't even execute a file you don't have read permissions on, even if you have execute permissions, unless the person who set it up tried really hard
– jeremysprofile
1 min ago
You can't even execute a file you don't have read permissions on, even if you have execute permissions, unless the person who set it up tried really hard
– jeremysprofile
1 min ago
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You can't even execute a file you don't have read permissions on, even if you have execute permissions, unless the person who set it up tried really hard
– jeremysprofile
1 min ago