Question regarding permissions

eastp

Hello,

First of I want to say that this is a very nice site, with lots of effort put in to it, for this I salute you.
I have been hanging around for some time now (with out posting) reading the topics.

So here is my thing.
My question is perhaps a bit stupid, but at the moment I don't see it.
What is the differents between
Read and execute:
Allows the same as Read and additionally allows users to run applications
Modify:
Same as Read plus Write and additionally allows executing applications as well

What I fact don't get at the moment is the differents between run and execute an application.
Perhaps it's because I'm not native English, or I drink to much

Any help in pointing me to the right direction is much appreciated

GreetZ
Eastp

Ricka182

The Modify permission allows the following:

Traverse folder and execute files in the folder
List the contents of a folder and read the data in a folder's file
See a folder's or file's attributes
Change a folder's or file's attributes
Create new files and write data to the files
Create new folders and append data to files
Delete files

The Read and Execute permission allows:

Traverse folder and execute files in a folder
List the contents of a folder and read the data in a folder's file
See a folder's or file's attributes

Those are the technical differences between the two. You can see the modify allows a few more abilities then R&E. I don't believe there is a difference between running and executing an application.
Hope this helps....