Folders must be made executable?

[Michel Clasquin]

> That's the way it's supposed to work.  On a directory, the executable 
> bit actually means "permission to enter this directory".  If it's 
> readable, but not executable, then you can see what files are in it, 
> but 
> you can't enter the directory, and hence can't open the files in it.

Hot damn. That might explain some problems I've been having with a disk 
I've been trying to mount and use ...