That hasn't been my experience. If root creates a file in my home directory, I can't delete it unless I'm root, or I'm part of the group that owns it and the file is set for group write permissions.
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Juan Martinez wrote: > Any user that can write to the directory can delete a file in it. > If the sticky bit is set on the directory (e.g. /tmp) then a user can > only delete his own files. > > > Juan > > On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Rend, Jon (Jon) % wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 10:26:56 -0500 > > From: "Rend, Jon (Jon) %" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: The "rm" command and non root users > > > > I am new to RED-HAT Linux but I was amazed at this behavior and can't find > > anything on it. > > > > I created some dummy files as/owned by root on my WS with only "r" > > permission bit set for group and world. Then I logged into the same box as a > > dumb test user with no privileges and used "rm" to remove the file and god > > damn it I was given the option to remove the "write protected file" > > > > How do you turn this off, do I have to use the non GNU "rm". Anyone help ??? > > > > > > Jon :-) > > > > agere systems > > Office 651-675-3064* 1230 Northland DriveF > > Cell Phone 651-253-3703 Mendota, MN 55120 > > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > > > > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
