== To reproduce: ==
1. Find a file in /tmp owned by somebody else and not owned by you. Say
a.txt.
2. { ln a.txt b1.txt; } # you created b.txt based on a.txt
3. { rm b1.txt; } # error: Operation not permitted.
4. Go to step 2, replacing b1 by b2, and so on.
( 5. ??? )
( 6. Profit. )
== The conclusion ==
Allowing irreversible operations is a bad thing, and this is not a circumstance
where an exception would be appropriate. The tool ln should not allow the
operator to create an entry he cannot delete.
== Workaround ==
Never put anything into /tmp. Use /tmp/kde-$LOGNAME (or whatever your
directory is) instead.
IMHO,
Chris
