cat readme → No such file. cat .hidden → Permission denied (good sign: it existed). cat key → a single line: what walks on four legs at dawn?
Most likely: gecko@server $ chmod 755 /some/dir → resulting permissions drwxr-xr-x → log entry “gecko drwxrxrx updated”
Members of the group can and Execute , but cannot modify (Write). Others r-x 5 All other users can Read and Execute , but cannot modify.