Re: Something weird about file permissions
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 7:56 PM, wrote: > Hi guys! Something is very weird or I didn't sleep enough last night. I am > puzzled. How can an ordinary user delete a file he has no write access? > > See this example: > p...@montblanc:~$ cd /tmp/ > p...@montblanc:/tmp$ mkdir test; cd test > p...@montblanc:/tmp/test$ sudo touch file_owned_by_root > p...@montblanc:/tmp/test$ ls -l file_owned_by_root > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-03-31 16:17 file_owned_by_root > p...@montblanc:/tmp/test$ id > uid=1000(pep) gid=1000(pep) > p...@montblanc:/tmp/test$ rm file_owned_by_root > rm: remove write-protected regular empty file `file_owned_by_root'? yes > p...@montblanc:/tmp/test$ ls -l file_owned_by_root > ls: cannot access file_owned_by_root: No such file or directory > > I replicate consistently the same operations in several PCs. Doesn't > matter if the file is empty or has any data. So, I am wrong to expect that > rm returns an error when the user doesn't have write rights over that > file? > > josep. > No write access on file means, you can not write into the file. Deleting a file != writing into the file So, the operation is allowed. However, deleting a file = writing into the directory. Because when you delete a file, the directory is being modified, which means writing into the directory (in UNIX and Linux, directory and everything else is after all files). So, if you remove the write permission from the directory, then you would not be able to delete a file from it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?
When I installed xfce4-terminal, it automatically installed libxfce4mcs-manager3, libxfce4util4, etc. But now if I do: aptitude purge xfce4-terminal it does not remove these libs that were installed automatically. Is there a way to remove these automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them any more? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
'who am i' command does not produce output in 'mrxvt'
'who am i' produces the following output in gnome-terminal: hum...@nifty:~$ who am i humptypts/22009-01-24 02:12 (:0.0) However, in mrxvt, it does not produce any output. hum...@nifty:~$ who am i hum...@nifty:~$ What could be the reason for this? Is this a bug? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: 'who am i' command does not produce output in 'mrxvt'
Yes. I am executing the 'who am i' command (not 'whoami' command). So, yes, I am putting space between them. On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Frank McCormick wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Countable Infinity wrote: >> 'who am i' produces the following output in gnome-terminal: >> >> hum...@nifty:~$ who am i >> humptypts/22009-01-24 02:12 (:0.0) >> >> However, in mrxvt, it does not produce any output. >> >> hum...@nifty:~$ who am i >> hum...@nifty:~$ >> >> What could be the reason for this? Is this a bug? >> >> > > > whoami works in every terminal on my machine - are you putting in a > space between who and ami ?? > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkl6LcEACgkQnQV1aTcQlJucKQCffRb0RN+gDo6DEuODchHzXqSi > BqYAn2z30fuvzxIxF1LHp2r6TT/nB7Kl > =cjT1 > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: 'who am i' command does not produce output in 'mrxvt'
No,I am looking for the command 'who' with two arguments. The command 'whoami' prints only the user name. However, I want the tty and the time stamp too. As per the man page of 'who': "If ARG1 ARG2 given, -m presumed: 'am i' or 'mom likes' are usual." "-m only hostname and user associated with stdin" So, 'who am i' is what I need. However, my question was a little different. When 'who am i' is producing output in gnome-terminal, why isn't it doing so in 'mrxvt' ? On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 8:52 PM, subscriptions wrote: > On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 21:44 +0100, Countable Infinity wrote: >> 'who am i' produces the following output in gnome-terminal: >> >> hum...@nifty:~$ who am i >> humptypts/22009-01-24 02:12 (:0.0) >> >> However, in mrxvt, it does not produce any output. >> >> hum...@nifty:~$ who am i >> hum...@nifty:~$ >> >> What could be the reason for this? Is this a bug? > > :) You did the command 'who' with parameters 'am' and 'i'. > > The command you are looking for is 'whoami'. > > Best, > > Rob > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: 'who am i' command does not produce output in 'mrxvt'
How can I check for utmp entry? Also, if the UTMP entry doesn't exist why does it work in gnome-terminal and while logging in through tty1, tty2, etc.? On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 08:44:42PM +, Countable Infinity wrote: >> 'who am i' produces the following output in gnome-terminal: >> >> hum...@nifty:~$ who am i >> humptypts/22009-01-24 02:12 (:0.0) >> >> However, in mrxvt, it does not produce any output. >> >> hum...@nifty:~$ who am i >> hum...@nifty:~$ >> >> What could be the reason for this? Is this a bug? > > No utmp entry? > > xterm is setuid root, and 'who mom likes' works there. mlterm is not and > 'who -m' prints nothing. > > -- > Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is > http://tzafrir.org.il || a Mutt's > tzaf...@cohens.org.il || best > ICQ# 16849754 || friend > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Alan Ianson wrote: > On Fri January 23 2009 12:42:30 pm Countable Infinity wrote: >> When I installed xfce4-terminal, it automatically installed >> libxfce4mcs-manager3, libxfce4util4, etc. But now if I do: >> >> aptitude purge xfce4-terminal >> >> it does not remove these libs that were installed automatically. >> >> Is there a way to remove these automatically installed packages when >> nothing depends on them any more? > > There is a setting in aptitude -> options -> preferences to remove unused > packages automatically. Is it switched on? Can't find any such thing. Could you please check your aptitude > options > preferences and confirm which option it is? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Scrolling works in vim by default in gnome-terminal but not in mrxvt
Experiment 1 === 1. Open gnome-terminal 2. Run vim 3. Run command :help in vim 4. Use scroll wheel of the mouse to scroll 5. Scrolling happens successfully Experiment 2 === 1. Open mrxvt 2. Run vim 3. Run command :help in vim 4. Use scroll wheel of the mouse to scroll 5. Scrolling does NOT happen successfully 6. Rn command :set mouse=a in vim 7. Scrolling happens successfully Could you please tell me why this difference occurs? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Scrolling works in vim by default in gnome-terminal but not in mrxvt
In both the experiments, if I open vim and run :set vim, I get this in the last line: mouse= 0,0-1 All On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 06:24:36AM +0000, Countable Infinity wrote: >> Experiment 1 >> === >> 1. Open gnome-terminal >> 2. Run vim >> 3. Run command :help in vim >> 4. Use scroll wheel of the mouse to scroll >> 5. Scrolling happens successfully >> >> Experiment 2 >> === >> 1. Open mrxvt >> 2. Run vim >> 3. Run command :help in vim > > To save you typing: > > vim +h > >> 4. Use scroll wheel of the mouse to scroll >> 5. Scrolling does NOT happen successfully >> 6. Rn command :set mouse=a in vim >> 7. Scrolling happens successfully > > This is how it should be, I believe . > > What do you originally get for: > > set mouse > > in vim? > > -- > Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is > http://tzafrir.org.il || a Mutt's > tzaf...@cohens.org.il || best > ICQ# 16849754 || friend > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
