# Only log directory readable in other users' workflow outputs?

**URL:** <https://cylc.discourse.group/t/only-log-directory-readable-in-other-users-workflow-outputs/839>\
**Category:** Cylc Support\
**Created:** [December 20, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://cylc.discourse.group/t/only-log-directory-readable-in-other-users-workflow-outputs/839 "2023-12-20T05:20:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![jonnyhtw](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/cylc.discourse.group/jonnyhtw/32/232_2.png) [@jonnyhtw](https://cylc.discourse.group/u/jonnyhtw)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://cylc.discourse.group/t/only-log-directory-readable-in-other-users-workflow-outputs/839/1 "2023-12-20T05:20:21Z")

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hi there,

i’m working with a colleague on some debugging stuff and i’m unable to view his workflow output apart from the log directory in their `$HOME/cylc-run/WORKFLOW/runN` directory. specifically, i want to look at the `share` and `work` directories but…

```auto
> ls -ld {share,work}
drwxrwxr--+ 9 otheruser otheruser 262144 Nov 23 21:39 share
drwxrwxr--+ 75 otheruser otheruser 4096 Dec 12 14:29 work

```

presumably i need executable permissions to enter these directories since i already have read permissions?

not sure if this is a site-specific thing or a `cylc` thing?

any help appreciated,

thanks,

jonny

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**Author:** ![oliver.sanders](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/cylc.discourse.group/oliver.sanders/32/110_2.png) [@oliver.sanders](https://cylc.discourse.group/u/oliver.sanders)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 9:32am UTC](https://cylc.discourse.group/t/only-log-directory-readable-in-other-users-workflow-outputs/839/2 "2023-12-20T09:32:47Z")

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Hi,

Default file permissions are a site-specific thing not a Cylc thing. They can `chmod -r` to give you access, but they might want to look into `umask`

> **[Umask Command in Linux](https://linuxize.com/post/umask-command-in-linux/)**
>
> The umask utility allows you to view or to set the file mode creation mask, which determines the permissions bits for newly created files or directories.

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**Author:** ![jonnyhtw](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/cylc.discourse.group/jonnyhtw/32/232_2.png) [@jonnyhtw](https://cylc.discourse.group/u/jonnyhtw)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://cylc.discourse.group/t/only-log-directory-readable-in-other-users-workflow-outputs/839/3 "2023-12-20T23:35:14Z")

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ok good to know, thanks @oliver.sanders!