On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Eve Atley wrote: > > Ken, thanks for the reply. > > You're correct... This is SSH via a graphical client. They are non-technical > folks who need something simple. I'm just trying to protect any system files > from accidental deletion. > > Is my question better stated, then, as how to prevent users from deleting > any of the directories they encounter? If that's the correct question, then > is my solution to set a read-only on any folders that I don't wish deleted? > I'm not an expert on this, but a quick test suggests users need write permission on the directory to be able to write/delete the contents.
For genuine system directories, users should already be unable to delete them (hint: don't test this on the real directories just in case!). For your new data directories, maybe some of the data can conveniently live in read-only directories. Beyond that, frequent backups (search for backing up with rsync) are good. > > something : system directories show up if you go too far up the > > hierarchy, but permissions should prevent you writing in them. > > Is it possible to keep users from proceeding up further in the hierarchy, by > chance? > > - Eve > > I don't think so. Normally, everyone can read the top-level directories except lost+found and they certainly need access to /tmp, Ken -- das eine Mal als Trag�die, das andere Mal als Farce - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
