This is expected behaviour. If you have write permissions for the
directory, you can delete any file inside, whether it's owned by root or
not.
** Changed in: sudo (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
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Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
rm man
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Title:
rm manages to remove files owned by root without sudo
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If you are the owner of a directory you can delete all files in that
directory, even those where you are not the owner and where the file
protection settings would normally not allow that. (You are asked for
confirmation in such case, as you have seen.)
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Is it possible that since you became root to 'touch' the file, that is
why the removal didn't generate a warning? Maybe you remained root to
the system? Maybe try 'sudo touch bla' on a file in a different folder
and see if you can then remove it without sudo.
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