>> Is there any way i can make /opt world readable and make sure these >> permissions stick to all subfolders and not allow users other than >> root/sudo to change them? >> > > Make it a seperate filesystem mounted read-only, then remount it rw when > you need to make changes. > i cant as the applications need to log there - i just need 'everyone' to be able to read there - i would have thought i could somehow stick the read permissions but it seems that perhaps not.