On Mon 01 Jan 2018 at 05:37:15 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/01/2018 05:23 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > As user "richard" I created 3 files. > > I later wanted to protect them totally from accidental change. > > For each file, I went to Properties->Permissions and changed Access for > > Owner, Group, and Others to "Read Only". > > As user "richard" I was able to delete them with Caja. > > *UNDESIRABLE* > > As "root" I changed Owner and Group to "root" leaving Access for all as > > "Read Only". > > > > User "richard" could still *DELETE THEM*! > > "Read Only" evidently does not mean what it implies. > > > > What's happening? > > TIA > > Logged into Debian as "richard" SeaMonkey was able to change contents of > those files. > > HELP! > That is EXACTLY what I was trying to prevent.
It's your house - you can do whatever you want in it. You can put labels on bottles of wine which say "do not drink before February 2018". Then you can ignore them! :). Life's like that. You invite someone into your house; don't give them the key to your drinks cupboard. "Drink only" for the owner. :) You want to prevent yourself opening the cupboard? Either try to exercise some self-control or hide the key somewhere you are likely to forget about (not that you will and, in any case, thers's nothing a good hammar cannot readjust). Cease wanting to be nannied and cosseted by the OS and having your every actions constrained by external agents. Debian lets you do what *you* want in your home directory. You've just deleted a file you desperately wanted to keep? Never mind, Next time you might think more clearly. -- Brian.
