On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 03:10:58AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Gentlemen, what's the deal where one can change the dates on read-only files? > $ chmod -w f; touch -d 'next year' f; ls -l f > -r--r--r-- 1 jidanni jidanni 666 2004-05-13 03:02 f
You can only do that if you have write permissions to the directory the file is in; if not: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr$ touch -d 'next year' doc; ls -ld doc . touch: setting times of `doc': Operation not permitted drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 472 Apr 28 03:21 . drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 7568 May 13 02:42 doc This is because those timestamps are saved in the directory inode instead of in the file inode, so closing down permissions on the file won't prevent anyone from tampering with timestamps. -- wouter at grep dot be "An expert can usually spot the difference between a fake charge and a full one, but there are plenty of dead experts." -- National Geographic Channel, in a documentary about large African beasts.
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